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Criminal Lovers is a french film of genre Drama directed by François Ozon released in USA on 18 august 1999 with Natacha Régnier
Criminal Lovers (1999)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 august 1999
Length 1h36
Directed by François Ozon
OriginFrance
Themes Inspiré de l'univers des contes et légendes, Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating65%
Criminal Lovers (French title: Les Amants Criminels) is a 1999 psychological thriller film by French director François Ozon.
Synopsis
High school student Alice (Natacha Régnier) convinces her lover, Luc (Jérémie Renier), to murder their classmate Saïd (Salim Kechiouche), whom she claims raped her. When they dispose of his body in the woods late one night, the couple get lost on their way back to their car and are taken in by a mysterious hermit (Miki Manojlovic). However, matters take a bizarre twist when the stranger locks the young lovers in his basement along with the dead body of Saïd and reveals that he plans to eat them. The stranger harnesses Luc and convinces for sex. He finally gives Luc an option to survive with his girlfriend (Alice), Luc finally shares bed with stranger and gets away from the forest without killing his rapist. When the couple comes out of forest they find the police near their car and the police comes to know about their murder and the strange hermit also gets arrested. Luc gets arrested as he gets caught into a bear trap, and Alice tries to run away and finally she gets shot by police. In the final sequence the apprehended Luc attempts to stop the police who are beating the forester up but all in vain. He is carried to the city in the police car.Actors
Natacha Régnier
(Alice)
Jérémie Rénier
(Luc)
Salim Kechiouche
(Saïd)
Miki Manojlović
(L'homme de la forêt)
Yasmine Belmadi
(Karim)
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