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The Crime Is Mine (2023)

The Crime Is Mine poster
Original title
Mon crime
Directed by
François Ozon
Genre
comedy drama, police film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
12
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 468 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s France, a struggling actress is put on trial for a murder she may or may not have committed. After she is acquitted in a self-defense claim, she becomes a celebrity, but the real murderer returns to complicate her newfound fame.

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What happens

The Crime Is Mine (French: Mon crime) is a 2023 French crime comedy film written and directed by François Ozon starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Rebecca Marder, Isabelle Huppert, Fabrice Luchini, Dany Boon, and André Dussollier. Set in the 1930s, the film follows an actress who gains notoriety after being acquitted of murder for self-defence. It is a loose adaptation of the 1934 play Mon crime by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil, which has been adapted into two American films, True Confession (1937) and Cross My Heart (1946). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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