Scene of the Crime
Director: André Téchiné
1986 / 90min / DCP
One of seven collaborations between Téchiné and Catherine Deneuve, Scene of the Crime is a study of domestic discontent wearing the trappings of a boilerplate thriller, its action set into motion when a disconsolate 13-year-old boy runs across a fugitive criminal (Wadeck Stanczak) while loitering in a village cemetery, an encounter that will have immense repercussions for his woebegone mother, Lili (Deneuve), her manipulative estranged husband (Victor Lanoux), and Lili’s own overbearing mother (Danielle Darrieux, César nominated for her work here.) “The crux of the film is the mother-son relationship, and it is drawn in painful accuracy… An imaginatively structured, highly cinematic experience in which we watch with detachment the workings of fate unravel with a swift yet oddly calm inevitability.” —Los Angeles Times
Distributor: Cohen Media Group
Save $7 on tickets
Become a Metrograph Member for as little as $5/month to enjoy Member pricing and exclusive access to pre-sales
Already a member?
