Criminal Lovers

– After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.60 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 36 Minutes
Release Year:
1999
Original Name:
Les Amants Criminels
Criminal Lovers (1999) - Also known as Les Amants Criminels

After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a dilapidated cottage where a hulking man takes them prisoner and proceeds to feed Luc's sexual appetite.

Criminal Lovers (1999) - Trailer

Release Date:

18 Aug 1999

Language:

French

Director:

François Ozon

Writer:

François Ozon (scenario and dialogue), Marcia Romano (scenario interventions), Annabelle Perrichon (scenario interventions), Arthur Rimbaud (poem), Marina de Van (poem), François Ozon (poem)

Main Actors:

Natacha Régnier, Jérémie Renier, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Salim Kechiouche

Plot:

After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost - much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a dilapidated cottage where a hulking man takes them prisoner and proceeds to feed Luc's sexual appetite.

Awards:

3 wins & 3 nominations.

Production:

Strand Releasing

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
Metacritic:
59%