The Elegant Criminal
125 mins
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.
Yves Dangerfield
Doctor Brianchon
Maurice Bernart
Lambolley
Jean-Luc Douin
The prison priest
Bertrand Van Effenterre
Degroot
Francis Girod
Director
Francis Girod
Writer
Bruno de Keyzer
Cinematography
Geneviève Winding
Editor
Yvonne Sassinot de Nesle
Costume Design
Magali Ceyrat
Makeup Artist
Christiane Berroyer
Hairstylist
Marie-France Thibault
Hairstylist
Jérôme Lévy
Foley Artist