Crime Scenes (2000)
"Scènes de crimes" (original title)

Director:

Frédéric Schoendoerffer

Writers:

Yann Brion, Olivier Douyère,

Stars:

Charles Berling, André Dussollier, Ludovic Schoendoerffer

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Charles Berling	...	Fabian
André Dussollier	...	Gomez
Ludovic Schoendoerffer	...	Léon
Pierre Mottet	...	François
Eva Darlan	...	Commissaire principal
Djemel Barek	...	Médecin légiste
Camille Japy	...	Clara
Frédéric Quiring	...	Flic Montpellier
Élodie Navarre	...	Marie Bourgoin
Brigitte Bémol	...	La vendeuse en pharmacie
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Mr Bourgoin
Blanche Ravalec	...	Madame Bourgoin
Yan Epstein	...	Commandant Jaoui
Idit Cebula	...	Le substitut
Denise Chalem	...	Mme Gomez

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

magazine | teenage girl | drugstore | death from heart attack | anonymous letter | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 March 2000 (France)

Also Known As:

Crime Scenes

Filming Locations:

Coyolles, Aisne, Picardie, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), La Chauve Souris

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Ending completely ruins movie

French version of movie of cops on the look for a serial killer. Story also focuses on private lives of both cops involved.

Lots of scenes happen in dark forests of the French Ardennes where the killer tends to operate and this creates a very gloomy atmosphere.On the whole this is a very well made and tense thriller and stays thought provoking until the end, but sadly not until the very end.

Because then it goes all wrong. The ending is weird and ruins the entire movie, which a damn shame as 95 % of the movie is quite good. Did the producers just ran out of money or did the crew just got tired and wanted to wrap up the movie asap ? I do not know who is to blame for such a shambles of an ending but if it was the director he should be serously considering giving up movie-making altogether. Probably a good thing then that he had to wait another 4 years to make a movie again («Agents secrets » with la Bellucci) and it seems it is pretty bad. Probably ruined the ending again.

All good movies have brilliant endings and just bungling it up this way is nothing less then an insult to the spectator.