The Crime is Mine
January 26 - February 1, 2024
Adapted from a 1934 play by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil and featuring a murderers' row of a supporting cast including Isabelle Huppert, Dany Boon, and Fabrice Luchini, The Crime Is Mine is a rollicking farce and scabrous satire with a wily feminist edge from one of French cinema’s most chameleonic stylists, François Ozon.
Paris in the 1930s—a playground for industrial heirs and debonair architects, but the City of Lights does not shine evenly for all. Struggling actress Madeleine (Nadia Terezkiewicz) and her best friend Pauline (Rebecca Marder), an unemployed lawyer, live in a cramped flat and owe five months’ rent. Opportunity knocks after a lascivious theatrical producer who made an inappropriate advance towards Madeleine turns up dead. Madeleine stands trial for murder and ascends to decadent stardom, with Pauline serving as defense counsel and media circus ringmaster. A new life of fame, wealth, and tabloid celebrity awaits—until the truth comes out.
- Director: François Ozon
- Principal Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Fabrice Luchini, Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder
- Country: France
- Year: 2023
- Running Time: 102 min.
- Producer: Éric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer
- Screenplay: François Ozon
- Cinematographers: Manu Dacosse
- Editors: Laure Gardette
- Language: French
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- US Distributor: Music Box
- International Sales: Playtime