Directed by:
André TéchinéCinematography:
Pascal MartiComposer:
Philippe SardeCast:
Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Wadeck Stanczak, Claire Nebout, Jacques Nolot, Victor Lanoux, Jean-Claude Adelin, Philippe Landoulsi, Nicolas GiraudiPlots(1)
A crumbling family in rural France is catapulted into a world of crime and high stakes drama in this André Téchiné's finely tuned psychological mystery. Thomas, a teenager suffering through his parents' divorce, is startled on a country walk by Martin, an escaped convict. The stranger demands that Thomas bring him money for train fare, but in complying, Thomas is nearly killed by Martin's violent accomplish. In a surprising scene, Martin saves Thomas's life. These striking events at the beginning of the film set the stage for Lili, Thomas' mother, a club owner played by a strikingly beautiful Catherine Deneuve. Trapped by both her struggles to raise Thomas and the village's provincial ways, Lili finds herself drawn to Martin, who she knows to be a criminal. As tangled impulses grow more intense, and the implications of both Lili's and Martin's quests for freedom escalate, SCENE OF THE CRIME unfurls a devastating portrait of the constraints both of childhood and the conventional morality. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Catherine Deneuve
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012) - a.f.
Danielle Darrieux
France
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Marie-October (1959)
Holy Year (1976)
Wadeck Stanczak
France
Best movies:
André Téchiné's Rendez-Vous (1985)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Scene of the Crime (1986)
Claire Nebout
France
Best movies:
Ponette (1996)
Love Me No More (2008)
On Guard! (1997)
Jacques Nolot
France
Best movies:
One Deadly Summer (1983)
The Specialists (1985)
Long Live Life (1984)
Victor Lanoux
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Common Man (1975)
The French Detective (1975)
Jean-Claude Adelin
Belgium
Best movies:
Chocolate (1988)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Scene of the Crime (1986)
Philippe Landoulsi
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Cover Up (1983)
André Téchiné's Rendez-Vous (1985)
Nicolas Giraudi
Best movies:
Irma Vep (1996)
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
Scene of the Crime (1986)