Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre, André Dussollier, Edith Scob ...( see more  see more... ) , Moussa Maaskri

Paris. 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappeared as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset...( read more  read more... ), decides to have revenge on Vidocq's death and takes the investigation on...

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R, 1 hr. 40 min.

Directed by: Pitof

Release Date: September 19, 2001

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  • October 25, 2007
    This movie is kinda cool. It has really neat cinematography in it, and a neat story.
  • April 7, 2009
    ¨Vidocq¨ is a good French tale of mystery and suspense where the special effects are good, the setting is dark, surrealistic and depressing and the story interesting.
  • November 19, 2009
    This is a Pitoff film. Pitoff of Catwoman fame, which is the worst movie I have ever witnessed. So when I say I was impressed by this movie, and liked the cinematogrpahy, found it to look cool, move swiftly, have a neat mystery, keep the intrigue up, and have solid acting, especi...( read more)ally from an always brilliant Gerard Depardiu (as the titular Vidcoq), and the special effects, costume design, and production desgin to all be top notch, please keep in mind, that I wasn't expecting any of that. The movie is a little too convulted for it's own good, and I was a little confused at the end as to how everything happened, but I would happily watch it again. Color me surprised!
  • June 21, 2009
    The cast is amazing and the story has so much potential. Film technique was beautiful and the flow was great. It has that B grade feeling in the beginning but then it gets a bit artsy and storybook-like (think Series of Unfortunate Events). I loved it and I wanted to know who did...( read more) it and why.

    I want to give this movie more than three stars but something about it just doesn`t sit right. Maybe it needs more detail? Or a better bad guy? Watch it and see if you can tell me what`s off about it.
  • February 8, 2009
    Awesome fucking movie!
  • January 24, 2009
    This is an amazing movie/story, in the beggingin it is quiet slow, but seriosly, this is a movie worth watching!!!
  • January 11, 2009
    Centelleante una direccion de Arte excelente
  • October 24, 2008
    An excellent inquiry, to find a serial killer, in the 1830's Paris.
  • July 10, 2008
    VIDOCQ IS A CRIME / THRILLER/ CONSPIRACY / URBAN LEGEND / FILM SET IN JACK THE RIPPER TIME...
    NICE DIRECTION AND PLOT...FRIEGHTING IS THE MYSTERIUS BAD GUY ..WHOEVER LOOKS AT HIS FACE HE DIES.OR I DON'T REMEMBER ..KNOWS HOW HE IS GOING TO DIE...
    LIKED VERY MUCH...
    IT DESERVE...( read more)D MORE PUBLICITY.."AIZENHAIM" NORTON PLAYS IS FAR "SMALLER" FILM THAN VIDOCQ...

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