Scene of the Crime

1986, France, 90m, DCP

This restrained psychological thriller traces the complex ripple effects of a chance run-in between a 14-year-old youth and an escaped criminal in the woods in rural France. Anchoring the film is a spectacularly controlled Catherine Deneuve, who plays the boy’s mother and lives in turn with her own maman (Danielle Darrieux). As her life takes a chaotic turn, Deneuve’s dark past is gradually — and gracefully — unveiled.

In French with English subtitles

A film by André Téchiné

Wed April 24

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Wed April 24

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