The Crime is Mine (15)
2023: France
dir. François Ozon
Here’s something for those that say that we never show comedies!
Set in 1930s’ Paris, the film is a loose adaptation of the 1934 play Mon crime by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil.
Aspiring but penniless actor Madeleine shares a flat with client-chasing lawyer Pauline. Madeleine is accused of murdering theatre producer Montferrand who had tried to rape her. She appoints Pauline as her lawyer and together they make the trial a symbol of men’s oppression of women. But this is only the start in a film that has been described as Ozon’s most delightful film yet – a wicked and fun romp but with, perhaps, a serious message.
