Hygiène de l'assassin (1999)
Directed by François Ruggieri

Thriller / Drama

Film Synopsis

Not long after being interviewed by a number of journalists, Prétextat Tach, a Nobel Prize winning writer who has lived the life of a recluse for many years, is found dead, murdered.  As they investigate the killing, the police uncover some surprising things about the dead man.  The finger of suspicion soon falls on Nina, a young journalist who was the last person to see Tach alive.  It appears that she has made a long and meticulous study of the writer's past, in particular his first love affair with a woman named Léopoldine, who mysteriously vanished some time ago...
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Film Credits

  • Director: François Ruggieri
  • Script: François Ruggieri, Amélie Nothomb (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Alex Lamarque
  • Music: Jacques Davidovici
  • Cast: Jean Yanne (Prétextat Tach), Barbara Schulz (Nina de Kerlec), Sophie Broustal (Papillon), Catherine Hiegel (Catherine), Eric Prat (Le Pain), Richard Gotainer (La Brosse), Simone D'Aillencourt (L'infirmière), Agathe de La Boulaye (La psychologue), Henri de Lorme (L'expert), Margot Abascal (Assistante expert), François Ruggieri (Ernest Gravelin), Julie Guille (Léopoldine de St Planeze jeune), Gianni Giardinelli (Prétextat Tach jeune), Monica Pereira-Djalo (Jeune femme salle Revox), Virginia Anderson (La sténotypiste), Jean-François Du Sartel (Le sténotypiste), Nathalie Kuntz (Une journaliste), Lamar Hawkins (Un journaliste), Serge Thimbre (Un journaliste), François Greze (Homme à l'ordinateur)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 80 min

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