L'amour est un crime parfait

Mark is a man in the prime of his life, so it is not surprising that one of his students constantly falls for him. He teaches literature classes and never hesitates to invite one of the students to his home. Everything was fine until it turns out that one of his young lovers is missing. In this dark case, her stepmother tries to figure it out, coming to Mark with questions, and at the same time making unambiguous hints. The man falls into a vortex of suspicion and slanted views, because some think he is a murderer. So what really happened in Mark's mountain house? Read more The script, which was worked on by the directors of the film, is based on the novel by Philip Gian. The book was published in 2010 and this is not the first adaptation of the author's works. Directors Arnaud Larrieux and Jean-Marie Larrieux, having invited Mathieu Amalric to the main role in the film, worked with him for the fourth time. The actor himself embodied a kind of werewolf, a person who at certain moments assumed the form of a beast. The directors themselves spoke about the analogy with this wild and noble beast. And once, when the crew was shooting one of the scenes in the mountains, they met a real wolf. "Love is the perfect crime" is not the only title of this film. One of the options sounded like "Devil girls". Work on the film "Love is the perfect crime" began in the city of Megeve on February 12, 2013. In addition, part of the filming of the drama took place at the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, in Laveau, in Switzerland and other places. If the events in the novel begin in the spring, the directors decided to conduct the work in the winter. This season was more in line with their ideas for Mathieu Amalric's character. The tape did not miss prominent film festivals, getting into the competitive programs of events in Toronto and San Sebastián.