On 9 January 1836, Pierre Lacenaire goes to the guillotine, a murderer and a thief. He gives Allard, a police inspector, his life story, written while awaiting execution. He also asks Allard to care for Hermine, a lass to whom he has been guardian for more than ten years. In flashbacks, from the prison as Lacenaire writes, from Allard's study as he and Hermine read, and from other readers' memory after the book is published, we see Lacenaire's childhood as he stands up to bullies, including priests, his youthful thieving, his first murder, his brief army career, his seduction of a princess, and his affair with Avril, a young man who dies beside him.
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The Elegant Criminal Cast
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Rufus
He was 48, now 81 years old
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Maïwenn
She was 14, now 48 years old
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Paul Le Person
He was 59, 74 years old when he died
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Daniel Auteuil
He was 40, now 74 years old
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Aurélien Recoing
He was 32, now 65 years old
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Daniel Mesguich
He was 38, now 71 years old
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Jacques Sereys
He was 62, now 95 years old
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Jacques Weber
He was 41, now 74 years old
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Geneviève Casile
She was 53, now 86 years old
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Samuel Labarthe
He was 28, now 61 years old
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Gérard Desarthe
He was 45, now 79 years old
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Jean Poiret
He was 64, 65 years old when he died
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François Périer
He was 71, 82 years old when he died
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Jean-Michel Ribes
He was 44, now 77 years old
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Jacques Duby
He was 68, 89 years old when he died
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Patrick Pineau
He was 29, now 63 years old
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Claude Makovski
He was 54, now 87 years old
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Jean-Damien Barbin
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Maurice Bernart
He was 58, now 91 years old
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Jean Davy
He was 79, 89 years old when he died
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Henri Colpi
He was 69, 84 years old when he died
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Jean-Paul Muel
He was 46, now 79 years old
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The Elegant Criminal Crew
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Francis Girod as Director. He was 46 (62) years old when He died
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Directing |
