Movie: L'assassin pleurait

Top 5 Billed Cast

Jean-François Garreaud
Jean-François Garreaud

Myriam Muller
Myriam Muller

François Berland
François Berland

Marianne Caron
Marianne Caron

Pauline Macia
Pauline Macia

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    Louis Steinberg is a captain in the criminal brigade. One day, when his girlfriend threatens to leave him, he is seized with rage and comes close to strangling her. The same night, he is assigned to investigate the murder of a woman by strangulation, under the same circumstances, in an apartment similar to his own.

  • Release Date

    1998-11-16

  • Average

    9

  • Rating:

    4.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français

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