Genealogies of a Crime (Généalogies d'un crime)

Genealogies of a Crime (Généalogies d'un crime) (1997)

  • 80% of critics liked it
    (5 reviews)

  • 65% of users liked it
    (138 ratings)

Raul Ruiz directed this typically eccentric look at the nature of crime, the human mind, and life in the modern world. Solange (Catherine Deneuve) is a defense attorney with a reputation for taking on cases that can't be won -- and proving it by losing them. Her latest lost cause is Rene (Melvil… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.
Directed By
Raoul Ruiz
Written By
Raoul Ruiz, Pascal Bonitzer
Genres
Drama, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Mar 27, 1998 Wide
On DVD
Apr 19, 2005

Critic Reviews

  • Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

    I found the film's mystery strangely compelling, no doubt helped by Deneuve's radiant presence.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Incomprehensible puzzler.

  • Ed Kelleher, Film Journal International

    Elegantly creepy one minute and cheerfully absurdist the next, Genealogies of a Crime is lively and inventive, suggesting that there is more going on here than meets the eye.

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