Crime d'amour is a 2010 French psychological suspense thriller starring Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool and Un secret .-Early life:...

 and Kristin Scott-Thomas. It is the last film directed by Alain Corneau

Alain Corneau

Alain Corneau was a French film director and writer.Corneau was born in Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret. Originally a musician, he worked with Costa-Gavras as an assistant, which was also his first opportunity to work with the actor Yves Montand, with whom he would collaborate three times later in his...

, and was released posthumously after the director's death from cancer.

The story revolves around an experienced, ruthless, and emotionally sadistic business executive (Scott-Thomas), and her young assistant (Sagnier), who, after undergoing a series of professional and personal humiliations at the hands of Scott-Thomas, kills her. Sagnier implicates herself in the crime, seemingly a sign of an oncoming nervous breakdown, and her defense may prove even more difficult than anticipated. A subplot revolves around Scott-Thomas's boyfriend, who is also apparently romancing Sagnier, and is guilty of embezzlement.

The film opened in the U.S. in September of 2011 in limited release, and is slowly making its way around the U.S. As in Sarah's Key

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, it is in both French and English - the English being spoken only when the characters have to deal with clients who do not speak French.

Cast

• Ludivine Sagnier
  Ludivine Sagnier
  Ludivine Sagnier is a French actress and model, who has appeared in 33 films since 1989. She was nominated for two César Awards for Best Supporting Actress in Swimming Pool and Un secret .-Early life:...
  
   as Isabelle Guérin
• Kristin Scott-Thomas as Christine Riviére
• Patrick Mille as Philippe Deschamps
• Guillaume Marquet as Daniel
• Gérald Laroche as Gérard
• Marie Guillard as Claudine (sister)
• Mike Powers as Boss 1
• Matthew Gonder as Boss 2
• Jean-Pierre Leclerc as Gérard
• Stéphane Roquet as Fabien
• Frédéric Venant as Cadre

Reception

The film has received a 63% "Fresh" rating, according to the website Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

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. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_crime/