Movie: Criminal Lovers

Top 10 Billed Cast

Natacha Régnier
Natacha Régnier

Alice

Jérémie Renier
Jérémie Renier

Luc

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Miki Manojlović

Man of the Forest

Salim Kéchiouche
Salim Kéchiouche

Saïd

Yasmine Belmadi
Yasmine Belmadi

Karim

Bernard Maume
Bernard Maume

The Professor

Jean-Louis Debard
Jean-Louis Debard

The Night Guard

Catherine Vierne
Catherine Vierne

The Jewel Saleswoman

Marielle Coubaillon
Marielle Coubaillon

The Market's Hostess

Olivier Papot
Olivier Papot

The Police Officer

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    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

    6.461

  • Rating:

    3.2 starts
  • Tagline

    Their idea of foreplay was murder.

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  • Languages:

    Français
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