Généalogies d'un crime (1997)

Director:

Raoul Ruiz

Writers:

Pascal Bonitzer (writer)
Raoul Ruiz (writer)

Release Date:

27 March 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

is she the murderer, the victim, or both?

Plot:

At her son's funeral, Solange, a lawyer famous for losing hopeless cases, agrees to defend René, her son's age...

Plot Keywords:

Funeral | Crime | Surrealism | Journal | Son

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Catherine Deneuve	...	Jeanne / Solange
Michel Piccoli	...	Georges Didier
Melvil Poupaud	...	René
Andrzej Seweryn	...	Christian
Bernadette Lafont	...	Esther
Monique Mélinand	...	Louise
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Verret
Jean-Yves Gautier	...	Mathieu
Mathieu Amalric	...	Yves
Camila Mora	...	Soledad
Patrick Modiano	...	Bob
Jean Badin	...	L'avocat
Brigitte Sy	...	Jeanne
Laurence Clément	...	Aline, la secrétaire
André Engel	...	Psychiatre 1

Also Known As:

Genealogias de um Crime (Portugal)
Genealogies of a Crime

Runtime:

Argentina:113 min | France:114 min | USA:103 min

Country:

France | Portugal

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Brazil:12 | Portugal:M/16

Company:

Canal+

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Donna lupo, La (1999)

French cinema at its worst.

There may be some interesting ideas about fate and chance here, but they are so deeply buried beneath a talky, uninvolving, boring, confusing and monotonous film that they aren't even worth thinking about. There's a distinct lack of emotion and interest to this film...and you'll have to struggle to get through it in one sitting. Worth seeing (a figure of speech) only for Deneuve's ageless beauty. (*1/2)