Criminal Lovers

Alice (Regnier) tells her boyfriend, Luc (Renier) that she was raped by four men, and she wants him to kill the man (Kechiouche) who orchestrated it. The deed done, the two take to the woods to dispose of the body... but soon find that their tracks leading out are lost and... so are they. (summary by upcomingmovies.com)

Release Date: July 21st, 2000 (LA/NY); expanding to other cities at later dates.

Language: French with English subtitles. Original title: Les Amants Criminels.

Running Time: 90 minutes
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Cast: Natacha Regnier, Jeremie Renier, Miki Manojlovic, Salim Kechiouche, Yasmine Belmadi
Director/Screenwriter: François Ozon

Review

IndieWIRE
"François Ozon's sophomore effort Criminal Lovers transposes Grimm's "Hansel and Gretel" fairy tale to a modern setting, preserving the elements of torture and cannibalism in the already gruesome children's story and complementing it with dollops of sexual anxiety and homicidal lust."

The New York Times
"The whole thing feels like a cool-breeze exercise, with the film giving a detached running commentary on its own content. It's one of those cases where the director trips over his own brains; he's too smart for his own good."

More

• Official Director Site: François Ozon (in French)
  
• Official Site (in French)
• Interview With Ozon

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