Requiem for a Killer

Feb 23, 2011

1h 31m

★ 5.0

Overview

Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.

Genres

Thriller

Production Companies

Alter Films

StudioCanal

France 2 Cinéma

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma

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Cast

Rico

Clovis Cornillac

Lucrèce

Mélanie Laurent

L'Arménien

Tchéky Karyo

Xavier De Ferrières

Xavier Gallais

Alexander Child

Christopher Stills

Vittorio Biamonte

Corrado Invernizzi

Le Chef d'orchestre

Michel Fau

La Colonel

Frédérique Tirmont

Van Kummant

Johan Leysen

Le maître de chant

Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Seymour

Julien Israël

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