The Genius of Crime (2006)

Original title

Le génie du crime

Directed by

Louis Bélanger

Genre

crime

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

3.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two criminal hoodlums are hired to burn down a restaurant but end up kidnapping the chef who is also the restaurant owner's daughter. They hide out in a motel where the manager gets involved.

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What happens

The Genius of Crime (French: Le Génie du crime) is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Louis Bélanger and written by Thérèse Bérubé. An adaptation of George F. Walker's stage play Criminal Genius, the film stars Gilles Renaud as Rolly and Patrick Drolet as Stevie, two criminal hoodlums who are hired by Shirley (Anne-Marie Cadieux) to burn down the restaurant of her rival Mike (Robert Morin), only to instead end up kidnapping Amanda (Julie Le Breton), the restaurant's chef and Mike's daughter. The film's cast also includes François Papineau as Phillie, the manager of the motel where they are hiding out. The film premiered at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival on October 28, 2006. The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007, for Best Costume Design (Anne Duceppe) and Best Hair (Martin Rivest). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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