Summary 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. View more details
Directed : Francis Girod
Written : Georges Conchon Francis Girod
Stars : Daniel Auteuil François Périer Jean Poiret Jacques Weber
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Dec 18, 1990
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Filming locations : Coye-la-Forêt, Oise, France
Production companies : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) Hachette Première Partner's Productions
Summary 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. View more details
Genres : Drama Biography
Release date : Dec 18, 1990
Countries of origin : France
Language : French
Filming locations : Coye-la-Forêt, Oise, France
Production companies : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) Hachette Première Partner's Productions
