Le crime est notre affaire (2008)

Director:

Pascal Thomas

Writers:

Clémence de Biéville (scenario and dialogue) &
François Caviglioli (scenario and dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

15 October 2008 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

Prudence Beresford is investigating another murder. Her aunt had witnessed it, but no body was found, and nobody trusted her word. Nobody, except Prudence, of course! |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Champagne | Old Mansion | Christmas Dinner | Sarcophagus

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Catherine Frot	...	Prudence Beresford
André Dussollier	...	Le colonel Bélisaire Beresford
Claude Rich	...	Roderick Charpentier
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Emma Charpentier
Melvil Poupaud	...	Frédéric Charpentier
Alexandre Lafaurie	...	Raphaël Charpentier
Christian Vadim	...	Augustin
Hippolyte Girardot	...	Le docteur François Lagarde
Yves Afonso	...	L'inspecteur Blache
Annie Cordy	...	Babette Boutiti
Valériane de Villeneuve	...	Mme Clairin (as Valérianne de Villeneuve)
Marie-Lorna Vaconsin	...	Madame Valois (as Marie Lorna)
Laura Benson	...	Margaret Brown
Florence Maury	...	Diane
Agathe Hazard	...	Domestique congédiée
Mariame N'Diaye	...	L'adjointe de l'inspecteur Blache
Pierre Durrieux	...	Un client du bistrot (as Pierre Durrieux)
Lina Bibollet	...	La patronne du bistrot
Georges Chappuis	...	Le jardinier Beresford
Daniel Isoppo	...	Le jardinier
Alexie Ribes	...	Alexie Charpentier
Kym Thiriot	...	Valérie
Benjamin Guillard	...	Le contrôleur
Anne Arovas	...	L'employée de maison
Audrey Hamm	...	Danseuse
Ornella Bes	...	Danseuse
Héloïse Wagner	...	Danseuse
Marianne Ollier	...	Danseuse
Barbara Jaquandello	...	La jeune femme assassinée (as Barbara Jaquaniello)
Catherine Martin	...	La chorégraphe

Directed by
Pascal Thomas

Writing credits
Clémence de Biéville		(scenario and dialogue) &
François Caviglioli		(scenario and dialogue) &
Pascal Thomas		(scenario and dialogue)
Agatha Christie		(short stories "Partners in Crime")

Produced by
Eric Dussart	....	associate producer
Nathalie Lafaurie	....	producer

Original Music by
Reinhardt Wagner

Cinematography by
Renan Pollès

Film Editing by
Catherine Dubeau

Production Design by
Katia Wyszkop

Set Decoration by
Gérard Marcireau

Costume Design by
Laurence Esnault		(costumes)

Makeup Department
Charlotte Arguillère	....	hair stylist
Chantal Leothier	....	makeup artist
Nathalie Louichon	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Aimeric Bonello	....	unit production manager
Nicole Firn	....	production manager
Frédéric Morin	....	assistant unit manager
Jerome Pinot	....	unit manager
Hubert Watrinet	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Caroline Bouffard	....	third assistant director
Olivier Bouffard	....	first assistant director
Cyrille Bray	....	first assistant director
Ronan Denecé	....	second assistant director
Colomba Falcucci	....	second assistant director
Linda Gabbay	....	assistant director
Clément Inglesakis	....	third assistant director (2007)

Art Department
Stephanie Angrand	....	art department assistant
François Combastel	....	construction coordinator
Jérémy Duchier	....	assistant art director
Olivier Estoppey	....	sculptures and drawing
Nathalie Lafaurie	....	artistic consultant
Antoine Martial	....	head carpenter
Marie Rossignol	....	painter
Christophe Thollet	....	prop driver
Guillaume Watrinet	....	property master

Sound Department
Annabel Callard	....	dialogue editor
Denis Carquin	....	first assistant sound
Pascal Chauvin	....	foley artist
Franck Fassel	....	assistant foley artist
Marie Guesnier	....	additional sound
Pierre Lenoir	....	sound
Claude Villand	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pascal Vuillemin	....	assistant mixer
Reine Wekstein	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Alain Bignet	....	digital compositor
Philippe Frère	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Lacroix	....	visual effects coordinator
Sebastien Rame	....	visual effects supervisor
Fred Roz	....	end titles

Stunts
Alexandre Cauderlier	....	stunt double
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Baraillon	....	electrician
Jean-Pierre Baronsky	....	gaffer
Hassen Brahiti	....	still photographer
Gerard Buffard	....	key grip
Julien Buffard	....	grip
Fatma Cherif	....	assistant camera
Franck Chron	....	grip
Jean-Bernard Lortie	....	electrician
Eric Nové	....	grip
Brahim Ouchene	....	electrician
Ludivine Renard	....	second assistant camera
Richard Vidal	....	electrician
Jean-Mary Vodoz	....	grip (as Jean-Marie Vodoz)

Casting Department
Paul Chaffardon	....	extras casting
Laurent Soulet	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Virginie Bauchet	....	costumer
Catherine Bouchard	....	wardrobe
Laurence Esnault	....	costumer
Aurore Vicente	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Mathilde Delacroix	....	color timer
Elena Manso	....	assistant editor
Mélanie Mourey	....	assistant editor
Mélanie Mourey	....	contributing editor

Music Department
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Petr Pycha	....	orchestra contractor

Other crew
Séverine Barré	....	administratrice de production
Christophe Chatel	....	assistant unit manager
Jacqueline Finas	....	administrator
Ghislaine Grellet	....	production secretary (as Ghislaine Atanassian-Grellet)
Rosalie Lecan	....	production administrator
Christophe Mahé-Menant	....	production administrator (as Christophe Mahé)
Josiane Morand	....	script supervisor
Florence Narozny	....	press attache
Arlette Prévost	....	production administrator
André-Paul Ricci	....	press attache
Isabelle Vossart	....	location scout

Production Companies

• Les Films Français
• Studio Canal (co-production)
• France 2 Cinéma (co-production)
• Rhône-Alpes Cinéma (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• TPS Star (participation)
• France 2 (FR2) (participation)
• Conseil Régional Rhône-alpes (participation) (as Région Rhône-Alpes)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)

Distributors

• Canal+ Distribution (2008) (Germany) (theatrical) (world sales)
• Seven Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Seven Films (2009) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

• Actions Movies  Stunt Equipment
• CNSO Studios  recording studio

Also Known As:

"Crime Is Our Business" - Hong Kong (English title), International (English title) (imdb display title)
"Eidikotis mas to eglima" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"O Crime é a Nossa Profissão" - Portugal (imdb display title)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Arnad, Valle d'Aosta, Italy

Company:

Les Films Français

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: When Emma Charpentier (Chiara Mastroianni) and Doctor Lagarde (Hippolyte Girardot) kiss for the first time, we can see the boom mic in the window pane behind them.

Movie Connections:

Version of 4.50 from Paddington (1987) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sway

When mystery meets screwball comedy

This is the third Agatha Christie adaptation (and second featuring Tommy and Tuppence) by Pascal Thomas and his best to-date.

Thomas is at the top of his art when he can combine mystery and sophisticated comedy, which is the case once again in 'Le Crime est notre affaire', a loose adaptation of '4.50 From Paddington' in which Miss Marple has been replaced by Tommy and Tuppence. The mystery is exciting (a murder without a corpse) but as was the case with 'Mon petit doigt m'a dit' the pleasure also comes from the offbeat atmosphere, the strange locations , the impeccable cast with the right talented actor or actress in the right place (special kudos to Claude Rich as the old stingy pain in the neck).

The icing on the cake is the brilliant dialog, filled with witty one-liners, exchanged by a wonderful couple of modern Myrna Loy-William Powells (I mean of course the marvelous Catherine Frot and André Dussolier), as the eccentric bickering-but-loving couple of amateur sleuths.

An entertainment of very good quality.