The Elegant Criminal (1990)

On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.

Directing:
  • Francis Girod

Writing:
  • Francis Girod
  • Georges Conchon

Stars:
Release Date: 1990-12-19
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  • Country: FR
  • Language: Français
  • Runtime: 125
Aurélien Recoing
Aurélien Reco...
François
François Périer
François Péri...
Lacenaire's father
Rufus
Rufus
Canler
Daniel Auteuil
Daniel Auteui...
Pierre-François Lacenaire
Daniel Mesguich
Daniel Mesgui...
Ida's husband
Jacques Sereys
Jacques Serey...
Pertuizet
Jacques Weber
Jacques Weber
Jacques Arago
Jean-Paul Muel
Jean-Paul Mue...
Poulaillon
Maïwenn
Maïwenn
Hermine
Jean Davy
Jean Davy
Alphonse Damoiseau
Marie-Armelle Deguy
Marie-Armelle...
Princess Ida
Samuel Labarthe
Samuel Labart...
The abbot of Lusignan
Gérald Calderon
Gérald Calder...
May father
Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel R...
Lebel
Gérard Desarthe
Gérard Desart...
Professor Tonnelier
Michel Vocoret
Michel Vocore...
The big
Jacques Duby
Jacques Duby
Marmignat
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Jean-Pierre M...
The president of the court
Geneviève Casile
Geneviève Cas...
Lacenaire's mother
Patrick Pineau
Patrick Pinea...
Avril
Jean-Damien Barbin
Jean-Damien B...
Baton
François-Régis Bastide
François-Régi...
The superior
Jean Poiret
Jean Poiret
Allard
Paul Le Person
Paul Le Perso...
Vigouroux
Henri Lanoë
Henri Lanoë
The first mogul
Henri Colpi
Henri Colpi
The head of the prison
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