The Crime Is Mine

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The Crime Is Mine
Release poster
Directed byFrançois Ozon
Written byFrançois Ozon
Produced by
  • Éric Altmayer
  • Nicolas Altmayer
Starring
CinematographyManuel Dacosse
Edited byLaure Gardette
Music byPhilippe Rombi
Production
companies
  • Mandarin & Compagnie
  • FOZ
  • Gaumont
  • France 2 Cinéma
  • Playtime
  • Scope Pictures
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 21 January 2023 (2023-01-21) (
    Angers
    )
  • 8 March 2023 (2023-03-08) (France)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget€13.7 million[1]
Box office$10.4 million[2]

The Crime Is Mine (French: Mon crime) is a 2023 French crime comedy film written and directed by François Ozon starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder, Isabelle Huppert, Fabrice Luchini, Dany Boon, and André Dussollier.[3] Set in the 1930s, the film follows an actress who gains notoriety after getting acquitted of murder for self-defense. It is a loose adaptation of the 1934 play Mon crime by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil,[4] which has been adapted into two American films, True Confession (1937) and Cross My Heart (1946).

Cast

Production

Ozon conceived of the film during the

screwball comedies from the 1930s", particularly films by Ernst Lubitsch and Frank Capra, as well as "the Paris of the 1930s viewed by the Americans, as in the film Victor/Victoria by Blake Edwards".[4]

Filming took place from April to June 2022, in and around Paris and in Charleroi and Brussels, Belgium.[5]

Release

The film screened for industry professionals on 10 January 2023 at

Festival Premiers Plans d'Angers on 21 January 2023.[7]

Reception

On the

weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[9]

References

  1. ^ "The Crime Is Mine". Playtime. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  2. ^ "The Crime Is Mine (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
  3. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (18 May 2021). "Francois Ozon Filming 'Madeleine' With Isabelle Huppert, Dany Boon; Playtime Handles Sales (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b Keslassy, Elsa (14 January 2022). "Francois Ozon Discusses His 'Post #MeToo Comedy' 'The Crime Is Mine' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  5. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (7 June 2022). "François Ozon is shooting the mysterious The Crime is Mine". Cineuropa. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  6. ^ Keslassy, Elsa (29 November 2022). "Francois Ozon's Star-Studded 'My Crime' to World Premiere on Opening Night of Unifrance's Paris Rendez-Vous Showcase (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  7. ^ Beauvallet, Laurent (9 December 2022). "Sandrine Kiberlain, Batman et François Ozon rejoignent l'affiche de Premiers plans, à Angers". Ouest-France. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
  8. ^ "The Crime Is Mine". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 18 February 2024. Edit this at Wikidata
  9. Fandom, Inc.
    Retrieved 18 February 2024.

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