Love Is the Perfect Crime
2013 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 5.6 · 37% critics
A charismatic literature professor at a Swiss university lives a secluded life and drifts through affairs with students. When a gifted student suddenly vanishes, growing suspicion and a tense connection with her mother pull him into an unsettling mystery shaped by obsession and paranoia.
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Details
- Original title
- L'amour est un crime parfait
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-09-27
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 37/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.6/10 (112 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow-burning psychological mysteries with uneasy relationships and lingering ambiguity, somewhat in the vein of Ismael's Ghosts or The Black Box; Not for you if you want clear answers and brisk pacing.
Pros: gripping central figure; strong mystery mood; striking snowy atmosphere | Cons: uneven pacing; can be confusing; loose answers
Themes
- teacher student relationship
Cast & crew
Mathieu Amalric
as Marc
Karin Viard
as Marianne
Maïwenn
as Anna Eggbaum
Sara Forestier
as Annie
Denis Podalydès
as Richard
Marion Duval
as Barbara
Damien Dorsaz
as Le jeune inspecteur
- CM
Carl Von Malaisé
as Le policier à moto
- AT
Anne-Laure Tondu
as La serveuse
Alain Börek
as Le collègue de Marc
Directed by Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu