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The Elegant Criminal( 1990)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Daniel Auteuil

      Pierre-François Lacenaire

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      Jean Poiret

      Allard

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      Jacques Weber

      Jacques Arago

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      François Périer

      Lacenaire's father

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      Geneviève Casile

      Lacenaire's mother

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      Jean Davy

      Alphonse Damoiseau

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      Jacques Duby

      Marmignat

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      Paul Le Person

      Vigouroux

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      Maïwenn

      Hermine

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      Jacques Sereys

      Pertuizet

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      Rufus

      Canler

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      Gérard Desarthe

      Professor Tonnelier

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      Jean-Damien Barbin

      Baton

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      Marie-Armelle Deguy

      Princess Ida

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      Samuel Labarthe

      The abbot of Lusignan

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      Jean-Pierre Miquel

      The president of the court

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      Jean-Paul Muel

      Poulaillon

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      Patrick Pineau

      Avril

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      Aurélien Recoing

      François

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      Yves Dangerfield

      Doctor Brianchon

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      Jean-Michel Ribes

      Lebel

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      Daniel Mesguich

      Ida's husband

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      François-Régis Bastide

      The superior

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      Claude Makovski

      General Counsel

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      Maurice Bernart

      Lambolley

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      Michel Vocoret

      The big

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      Gérald Calderon

      May father

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      Henri Lanoë

      The first mogul

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      Jean-Luc Douin

      The prison priest

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      Bertrand Van Effenterre

      Degroot

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      Henri Colpi

      The head of the prison

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • gay theme