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65% Critic Match
Criminal Lovers
“Their idea of foreplay was murder.”
6.5 / 10• 1999• 1h 36m•NR• French
HorrorThrillerRomance
Storyline
After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a dilapidated cottage where a hulking man takes them prisoner and proceeds to feed Luc's sexual appetite.
Cast & Crew
Natacha Régnier
Alice
Lead
Jérémie Renier
Luc
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Man of the Forest
Salim Kéchiouche
Saïd
Yasmine Belmadi
Karim
BM
Bernard Maume
The Professor
JD
Jean-Louis Debard
The Night Guard
CV
Catherine Vierne
The Jewel Saleswoman
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. François Ozon's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Criminal Lovers is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
