Plot Summary
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.
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Full Cast & Characters
Daniel Auteuil
Pierre-François Lacenaire
Jean Poiret
Allard
Jacques Weber
Jacques Arago
François Périer
Lacenaire's father
Geneviève Casile
Lacenaire's mother
Jean Davy
Alphonse Damoiseau
Jacques Duby
Marmignat
Paul Le Person
Vigouroux
Maïwenn
Hermine
Jacques Sereys
Pertuizet
Rufus
Canler
Gérard Desarthe
Professor Tonnelier
Director & Crew
Francis Girod
Director
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It has a TMDB rating of 6.1/10 based on 12 votes.
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The Elegant Criminal was directed by Francis Girod and released in 1990.
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The Elegant Criminal has a runtime of 2 hours and 5 minutes.
Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1990-12-19
- Status
- Released