Genealogies of a Crime (1997)
- Original title
- Généalogies d'un crime
- Directed by
- Raúl Ruiz
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 31 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman defends a young man accused of murdering his aunt, but she begins to suspect her client may be hiding the truth. The story twists through identity, madness, and legal games in early 20th century Paris.
slow-burncerebralunsettlingdarkly comicmelancholicdreamlikevisually lushtense
What happens
Genealogies of a Crime (French: Généalogies d'un crime, Portuguese: Genealogias de um Crime) is a 1997 French-Portuguese crime film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. Despite being released in 1997 (1998 in the United States), the film was not released on DVD until 2005. Since, it has been included in multiple DVD anthologies of Ruiz’s works. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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