Les aliénés (2001) - film review
Yvan Gauthier
Crime / Thriller

Summary
Damien is a refuse collector in a small provincial town. One day,
he comes across a partially decomposed body at the landfill site where
he works, along with a knife that he recognises as his own.
Determined to prove himself to his friends and mother, who all look
down on him, Damien sets about trying to unravel the mystery and
discover the identity of the killer. In the course of his
enquiry, he meets Julie, a hard up young divorcee who lives opposite
him. As his investigation gathers momentum, Damien becomes
convinced that he himself might be the killer...
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Credits
- Director: Yvan Gauthier
- Script: Philippe Perret
- Photo: Christophe Bidot
- Music: Vincent Baudet, Julien Reymond
- Cast: Christopher Buchholz (Damien), Frédéric Pellegeay (Franck), Virginie Aster (Julie), Julien Reymond (Farid), Richard Chevallier (Leroy), Jean-Louis Tribes (Bertrand), Marthe Mercadier (The mother), Philippe Nahon (The boss)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 98 min; B&W
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