L'Origine du monde (2001)
Directed by Jérôme Enrico

Drama

Film Synopsis

Sami and Anna have lived together for two years and have two children.  Sami is high-flying police officer who has leapt up the promotional ladder, with the help of his brother-in-law Richard.  One day, the body of a garage owner is found at the bottom of a swimming pool.  As he investigates the crime, Sami realises he is revisiting his own past.  Ten years ago, four shady individuals in a car park, gunshots, blood...  hazy recollections that are like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.  Sami doesn't yet know that the killer he is pursuing is already known to him...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jérôme Enrico
  • Script: Jérôme Enrico, Patrice Noïa, Sophocles (play)
  • Cinematographer: Bruno Privat
  • Music: Christophe Arnulf, Didier Grebot
  • Cast: Roschdy Zem (Sami), Ángela Molina (Anna), Alain Bashung (Richard), Maurice Garrel (Reno), Albert Dray (Roland), Nathalie Raiman (Garage owner's wife), Rossy de Palma (The Sphynx), Albert Dupontel (Transvestite), Raphaëline Goupilleau (Archivist), Laurent Casanova (Inspecteur), Wilfrid Grenier (Cop), Jan-Luck Levasseur (L'homme au pistolet), Marina Saura (Richard's Wife), Sylvain Abelard, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Laurence Cormerais, Lubna Gourion, Jérôme Leleu, Geordy Monfils, Cathy Nguyen
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 97 min

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