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The Elegant Criminal (1990)
- NR
- 12/19/1990 (FR)
- Drama
- 2h 5m
Overview
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.
Francis Girod
Director, WriterGeorges Conchon
WriterCast
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Daniel Auteuil
Pierre-François Lacenaire![Jean Poiret's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/7IK2vfMmwgnyuZlYrFPiriEoOrn.jpg)
Jean Poiret
Allard![Jacques Weber's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/xORNQKmduTsIc1Sq40mnOz3Zo5K.jpg)
Jacques Weber
Jacques Arago![François Périer's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/ajiLZZ2TH9fg4mm1jPGAW5yXuv7.jpg)
François Périer
Lacenaire's father![Geneviève Casile's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/2C0pz1PLjBWWsNZz7fZR5SlIYIS.jpg)
Geneviève Casile
Lacenaire's mother![Jean Davy's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/siYYO0uh4is0D4FgSnrVfQtgxob.jpg)
Jean Davy
Alphonse Damoiseau![Jacques Duby's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/1ieIli8IWH0f6VcH5MzurKlpBD0.jpg)
Jacques Duby
Marmignat![Paul Le Person's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/40UsrtqYraM7JwhBr2baHB34bbY.jpg)