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Cue a lot of inscrutable double-crossing, 'Murder She Wrote'-level suspense and endless recitations of Handel's 'Messiah' - well, you have to class things up somehow.
Guy Lodge, Time Out
Overview
Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.
Director and cast
- Jérôme Le Gris Director
- Clovis Cornillac as Rico
- Mélanie Laurent as Lucrèce
- Tchéky Karyo as L'Arménien
- Xavier Gallais as Xavier De Ferrières
- Christopher Stills as Alexander Child
- Corrado Invernizzi as Vittorio Biamonte
- Michel Fau as Le Chef d'orchestre
- Frédérique Tirmont as La Colonel
- Johan Leysen as Van Kummant
- Jean-Claude Dreyfus as Le maître de chant
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