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Criminal Lovers(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-09-03
65%
113 Votes
Time: 1h 36m
Their idea of foreplay was murder.
Overview:
After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a dilapidated cottage where a hulking man takes them prisoner and proceeds to feed Luc's sexual appetite.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Fidélité Productions
Movie: Criminal Lovers
Top 10 Billed Cast
Natacha Régnier
Alice
Jérémie Renier
Luc
Miki Manojlović
Man of the Forest
Salim Kéchiouche
Saïd
Yasmine Belmadi
Karim
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Overview
After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a dilapidated cottage where a hulking man takes them prisoner and proceeds to feed Luc's sexual appetite.
Release Date
1999-09-03
Average
6.5
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
Their idea of foreplay was murder.
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