Scene of the Crime (1986 film)

Scene of the Crime French Le Lieu du crime is a 1986 French drama film directed by Andr Tchin, starring Catherine Deneuve, Wadeck Stanczak and Danielle Darrieux. The film tells the story of a crumbling family in rural France, disrupted by the appearance of a fugitive.

The boy tries to get the money for the convict stealing from Lili, his mother, but then sees her sad and, in a moment of love, gives it back to her, admitting what hes done. He goes through a series of increasingly desperate attempts to get money and eventually scrounges some out of his grumpy grandfather, who just wants to go fishing. When the boy returns to give Martin the money, the convicts accomplice, Luc, decides that the boy is too much of a liability and tries to kill him. Martin saves Thomass life killing his accomplice.Lili Ravenel, who is emotionally close and distant to her son, is worried about Thomas. He is not doing well at school, according to the schools chaplain who comes to complain about the boys behavior. Lili, trapped in a humdrum existence, runs a nightclub that is situated on a river just at the waters edge. Pushed by her mother, she had married Maurice against her better judgment and now needs to escape the stifling effects of her union with him, but he continues to want her. Maurice threatens to remove the care and custody of her son from her. Lili has to perform her marital duties even after the divorce while Maurice screens old homemovies of their domestic happiness long past and gone. ........

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