Criminal Lovers

Sep 3, 1999

1h 36m

★ 6.5

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.

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Romance

Production Companies

Fidélité Productions

ARTE France Cinéma

StudioCanal

Eurospace

Criminal Lovers Trailers

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Cast

Alice

Natacha Régnier

Luc

Jérémie Renier

Man of the Forest

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović

Saïd

Salim Kéchiouche

Karim

Yasmine Belmadi

The Professor

Bernard Maume

The Night Guard

Jean-Louis Debard

The Jewel Saleswoman

Catherine Vierne

The Market's Hostess

Marielle Coubaillon

The Police Officer

Olivier Papot

The GIGN

Gil Demurger

Agnès Accaria

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