L'autre vie de Richard Kemp (2013)

Inspector Richard Kemp never got around to putting the handcuffs around the Eardrum Slasher, a dangerous serial killer whose rampage began 20 years before. When Hélène, a psychologist, ... See full summary »

Director:

Germinal Alvarez

Writers:

Germinal Alvarez, Vanessa Lepinard (participation)

Stars:

Jean-Hugues Anglade, Mélanie Thierry, Philippe Berodot

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jean-Hugues Anglade	...	Richard Kemp
Mélanie Thierry	...	Hélène Batistelli
Philippe Berodot	...	Verbeck
Jean-Henri Compère	...	Simon Rouannec
Pierre Moure	...	Xavier
Loïc Rojouan	...	Marseglia
Frédéric Saurel	...	Pierrot (as Fred Saurel)
Nicolas Villemagne	...	Perce-Oreille
Adrien Cauchetier	...	François
Elsa Galles	...	Jeanne
Frédéric Kneip	...	Légiste (as Fred Kneip)
Marie-Bénédicte Cazeneuve	...	Femme des archives
Hervé Lacroix	...	Policier rue 1909
Pierre Renverseau	...	Doublure Richard
Marjorie de Larquier	...	Journaliste

Storyline

Inspector Richard Kemp never got around to putting the handcuffs around the Eardrum Slasher, a dangerous serial killer whose rampage began 20 years before. When Hélène, a psychologist, witnesses the Slasher's latest crime and offers to testify, Kemp falls in love with her at first sight. In a mysterious turn of event, Kemp is suddenly transported back in time to the site of the Eardrum Slasher's first murder, he realizes that this could provide a second chance to catch the killer. As he tries to help his younger self and meets the much younger Hélène, Kemp triggers a series of events with unforeseen consequences.

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Plot Keywords:

psychologist | strong female character | tough woman | saving a life | killer | 

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Genres:

Crime | Fantasy | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

5 June 2013 (France)

Also Known As:

Asesino en el tiempo

Company Credits

Production Co:

Haut et Court, Direct Cinéma, Direct 8

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

The map that Kemp keeps using is actually of the port of Rotterdam, and not any port in France where the film is supposed to take place.

User Reviews

L'autre vie de Richard Kemp

"The Other Life of Richard Kemp"? . . . ye-es, but not exactly. The deadpan title works in French, but in English it's a bit of a blank; something else must be found, but the distributors have come up with "Back in Crime," suggesting a banal Time-Cop movie. "L'autre vie" is something else entirely - the time travel serves as an uncanny portal: Chief Inspector Richard Kemp is thrown back twenty years, to when he was a lone wolf detective, over-proud of his rep as best on the force, Co-existing in 1989, the older Kemp is afraid to approach the younger - he spies on himself, and works secretly in parallel to undo the mistakes that let a killer get away. And meanwhile the older Kemp is falling in love with the psychologist he first met on the last day of his first life. A "rebirth through water" motif might be a nod to De Palma's "Femme Fatale"; and the seductive camera movements and layered compositions also hint that the writer-director Germinal Alvarez has learned from his great precedent. But Alvarez brings out a triste atmosphere that's all his own. Best romantic thriller I've seen in a long time.