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Parfyymi

Original title: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
  • 2006
  • K-15
  • 2h 27m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
265K
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Parfyymi (2006)
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Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.

  • Director
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Writers
    • Andrew Birkin
    • Bernd Eichinger
    • Tom Tykwer
  • Stars
    • Ben Whishaw
    • Dustin Hoffman
    • Alan Rickman
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.5/10
    265K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,738
    396
    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writers
      • Andrew Birkin
      • Bernd Eichinger
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Stars
      • Ben Whishaw
      • Dustin Hoffman
      • Alan Rickman
    • 640User reviews
    • 238Critic reviews
    • 56Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 20 nominations

    Videos1

    Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
    Trailer 2:33
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    Photos84

    Ben Whishaw in Parfyymi (2006)
    Dustin Hoffman in Parfyymi (2006)
    Dustin Hoffman and Ben Whishaw in Parfyymi (2006)
    Alan Rickman and Rachel Hurd-Wood in Parfyymi (2006)
    Ben Whishaw in Parfyymi (2006)
    Alan Rickman in Parfyymi (2006)
    Ben Whishaw in Parfyymi (2006)
    Rachel Hurd-Wood in Parfyymi (2006)
    Ben Whishaw in Parfyymi (2006)
    Alan Rickman and Rachel Hurd-Wood in Parfyymi (2006)
    Ben Whishaw in Parfyymi (2006)
    Alan Rickman and Rachel Hurd-Wood in Parfyymi (2006)

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    Ben Whishaw
    Ben Whishaw
    • Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
    Dustin Hoffman
    Dustin Hoffman
    • Giuseppe Baldini
    Alan Rickman
    Alan Rickman
    • Richis
    Francesc Albiol
    • Court Official
    Gonzalo Cunill
    • Guard 1 Dungeon
    Rachel Hurd-Wood
    Rachel Hurd-Wood
    • Laura
    Andrés Herrera
    Andrés Herrera
    • Door Guard
    Simon Chandler
    Simon Chandler
    • Mayor of Grasse
    David Calder
    David Calder
    • Bishop of Grasse
    Richard Felix
    • Chief Magistrate
    Birgit Minichmayr
    Birgit Minichmayr
    • Grenouille's Mother
    Reg Wilson
    Reg Wilson
    • Customer Fishmarket
    Catherine Boisgontier
    • Woman Fishmarket
    Núria Casas
    Núria Casas
    • Woman 2 Fishmarket
    Carlos Gramaje
    • Police Lieutenant Fishmarket
    Sian Thomas
    Sian Thomas
    • Madame Gaillard
    Michael Smiley
    Michael Smiley
    • Porter
    Walter Cots
    • Driver
    • (as Walter Cots Wangüemert)
    • Director
      • Tom Tykwer
    • Writers
      • Andrew Birkin
      • Bernd Eichinger
      • Tom Tykwer
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The production team scouted eight different countries in Europe looking for the best place to represent eighteenth century Paris, before settling on Barcelona, Spain.
    • Goofs
      The method of enfleurage that Grenouille is first seen practicing is called cold enfleurage - placing live botanicals in a layer of lard or tallow set in a frame. However, this method of enfleurage was not developed until the 1800's. The movie is set in the mid 1700's.
    • Quotes

      Narrator: He still had enough perfume left to enslave the whole world if he so chose. He could walk to Versailles and have the king kiss his feet. He could write the pope a perfumed letter and reveal himself as the new Messiah. He could do all this, and more, if he wanted to. He possessed a power stronger than the power of money, or terror, or death - the invincible power to command the love of man kind. There was only one thing the perfume could not do. It could not turn him into a person who could love and be loved like everyone else. So, to hell with it he thought. To hell with the world. With the perfume. With himself.

    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Painted Veil/Miss Potter/Perfume: The Story of a Murderer/Notes on a Scandal/The Curse of the Golden Flower/Pan's Labyrinth (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Tarentelle
      (Traditional)

      Performed by Saboï and its Members

      Asta Coulomb, Christian Coulomb, Sebastien Coulomb, François Hecquet, Bertrand Mercier, Nicolas Pillard,

      Edo Pols, Jocelyn Raulet, Simon Staelens, Remi Tran-No

      By arrangement: Christian Coulomb

    User reviews640

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    8/10
    Great adaptation
    I don't know if Kubrick really said, that the Novel, on which the movie is based, was not screen-able, because it was based on the smell sense of humans! But Tom Tykwer shows us here, that there is more there than the smell!

    I haven't read the novel, so I don't know how accurate the depictions are, but it seems like Tom T. is not afraid to pull punches. That's not to say, that this overly violent in the explicit sense. But one would argue that the real horror, always plays in ones mind. Seems like you will be able to judge if you're backing this theory or if you're against it. And although we never really get the man behind all this madness, it's a great work of art (the movie that is ... if you want you can call something else also a "work of art" ... You'll get it, after watching the movie, if you don't already know the novel!)
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    • kosmasp
    • May 6, 2007

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    • Release date
      • January 19, 2007 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • France
      • Spain
      • United States
      • Belgium
    • Official sites
      • Le parfum
      • Official site (Russia)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Parfyymi - erään murhaajan tarina
    • Filming locations
      • Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, France
    • Production companies
      • DreamWorks
      • Constantin Film
      • Bernd Eichinger Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $60,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,223,293
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $37,079
      • Dec 31, 2006
    • Gross worldwide
      • $135,039,924
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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