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Love Crime

Original title: Crime d'amour
  • 2010
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 46m
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Love Crime (2010)
When Christine, a powerful executive, brings on a naive young ingénue as her assistant, she delights in toying with her naivete and teaching her hard lessons in a ruthless professional philosophy. But when the protege's ideas become tempting enough for Christine to pass one as her own, she underestimates Isabelle's ambition and cunning -- and the ground is set for all out war.
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Ruthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, thing... Read allRuthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, things take a dark turn.Ruthless executive Christine brings on young Isabelle as her assistant taking delight in toying with her innocence. But when Christine starts passing on her protege's ideas as her own, things take a dark turn.

  • Director
    • Alain Corneau
  • Writers
    • Alain Corneau
    • Natalie Carter
  • Stars
    • Ludivine Sagnier
    • Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Patrick Mille
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    5.5K
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    • Director
      • Alain Corneau
    • Writers
      • Alain Corneau
      • Natalie Carter
    • Stars
      • Ludivine Sagnier
      • Kristin Scott Thomas
      • Patrick Mille
    • 39User reviews
    • 96Critic reviews
    • 63Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille, and Ludivine Sagnier in Love Crime (2010)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier in Love Crime (2010)
    Ludivine Sagnier in Love Crime (2010)
    Ludivine Sagnier in Love Crime (2010)
    Ludivine Sagnier in Love Crime (2010)
    Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier in Love Crime (2010)
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    Ludivine Sagnier
    Ludivine Sagnier
    • Isabelle Guérin
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    Kristin Scott Thomas
    • Christine Rivière
    Patrick Mille
    Patrick Mille
    • Philippe Deschamps
    Guillaume Marquet
    • Daniel
    Gérald Laroche
    • Gérard
    Julien Rochefort
    • L'avocat
    Olivier Rabourdin
    Olivier Rabourdin
    • Le juge
    Marie Guillard
    Marie Guillard
    • Claudine - la soeur d'Isabelle
    Mike Powers
    Mike Powers
    • Le premier responsable de Barney & Johnson
    Matthew Gonder
    • Le second responsable de Barney & Johnson
    Jean-Pierre Leclerc
    • L'adjoint de Gérard
    Stéphane Roquet
    Stéphane Roquet
    • Fabien
    Frederic Venant
    • Un cadre
    • (as Frédéric Venant)
    Stéphane Brel
    • Le voisin d'Isabelle
    Marie-Bénédicte Roy
    Marie-Bénédicte Roy
    • La surveillante de la prison
    Anne Girouard
    Anne Girouard
    • La vendeuse de couteaux
    Suzanne Renaud
    • La fille de Claudine
    Benoît Ferreux
    Benoît Ferreux
    • Le cadre coléreux
    • Director
      • Alain Corneau
    • Writers
      • Alain Corneau
      • Natalie Carter
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Last movie of Writer and Director Alain Corneau, who died on August 30, 2010, twelve days after this movie was released.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Connections
      Features Cadeau de rupture (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Kazuko (Peace Child)
      Performed by Pharoah Sanders

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    Love, Suspense, and a Shattered Ceiling
    In Love Crime, the French have taken Mike Nichols' Working Girl and turned it into a true thriller, not just a sociological study of corporate ambition and intrigue. Isabelle (Ludivine Sagnier) is the young executive in a large global corporation; Christine (Kristin Scott Thomas) is her boss and mentor. All's well while they love each other; not so when Christine usurps Isa's ideas without attribution in the name of collaboration.

    That first half, where the two execs jockey for success and independence, emphasizes shady but not lethal methods. When an unexpected plot twist changes the film into a more traditional thriller, the film is nonetheless fascinating as the protagonist makes her way through a maze created by herself and seemingly deadly for her career and her personal life.

    The late director, Alain Corneau, crafts the intrigue so as to allow his actors the widest scope for their talent, especially Sagnier, who goes from introverted neophyte to deadly colleague learning from her mentor the tricks necessary to break through the glass ceiling. Not so successful is Corneau with the police, who can't seem to get it right even the second time around.

    Typically French is the emphasis on Isabelle to be loved and Christine to be admired. The larceny that ensues can be traced to these driving emotions, and only the French can deconstruct them both and still produce an engrossing suspense.
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    • JohnDeSando
    • Oct 28, 2011

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    • Release date
      • September 2, 2011 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Mexico
      • Lebanon
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • aşk Suçu
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • SBS Films
      • France 2 Cinéma
      • Divali Films
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $539,792
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $35,375
      • Sep 4, 2011
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,696,522
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 46 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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