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1997 | Color | 114 min

Solange is a defense attorney with a reputation for taking cases that can't be won. Her latest lost cause is René, a young man on trial for murdering his aunt Jeanne, a cruel psychologist who raised him as a child and was convinced, since then, that he was destined to become a criminal. A new dimension in psychological thrillers


Country: Francia
Direction: Ruiz; Raúl
Script: Bonitzer; Pascal, Rui; Raúl
Production: Branc; Paulo
Photography: Ivano; Stefan
Sound: Maïkoff; Henri
Music: Arriagada; Jorge
Cast:Poupaud; Melvio, Seweryn; Andrzej, Lafont; Bernadette, Mélinand; Monique, Saint-macary; Hubert, Gautier; Jean-yves, Piccoli; Michel, Deneuve; Catherine, Amalric; Mathieu, Mora; Camila
Participation year at FICM: 2005

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