A Crime (Un crime) (1993)

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General		Extras
Category	Drama	None
Rating
Year Of Production	1993
Running Time	83:07
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Jacques Deray
Studio Distributor	Canal+ Madman Entertainment	Starring	Alain Delon Manuel Blanc Sophie Broustal Maxime Leroux Francine Bergé Pierre Bianco Jean-Marie Winling Jean-Paul Comart Henri-Louis Villard Bernard Guigon Jean-Pierre Riboulet Jean-Claude Caron
Case	Amaray-Transparent
RPI	?	Music	Frédéric Botton

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	French Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.66:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.66:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	English	Smoking	Yes
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

    Jacques Deray’s Un Crime, which was co-written by Alain Delon opens in the midst of a trial. For three days the jury has been deliberating on whether Frédéric Chapelin-Tourvel (Manuel Blac), a young bourgeoisie is guilty or innocent of a double parricide. Tourvel’s lawyer is Maître Charles Dunand (Delon), who believes his client is innocent.

    When the jury acquits Tourvel of the double crime, the press and public in the court are outraged and Tourvel indicates to Dunand, that perhaps he wasn’t so innocent after all.

    Tourvel later in the day decides to see Dunand, instead of leaving France with his girlfriend, to better explain his motives. What follows is a series of flashbacks which may explain Tourvel’s actions, as Dunand tries to understand his young client.

    This is an interesting, well paced drama and the set-up of the lawyer and the unreliable young client draws parallels to Primal Fear (1996).

Video

     Presented in 1:66:1 16x9 enhanced widescreen, the transfer is satisfactory considering the age of the film.

     The overall colour scheme remains natural, although mild film grain and assorted film artefacts appear throughout the feature film.

     MPEG compression artefacts are mildly evident, however this issue is mild and does not distract from viewing the film. The reason for this issue, most likely is a result of the film being encoded on a single-layer DVD.

     The optional English subtitles appear in a yellow white font.

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Audio

     The 2.0 French Dolby Digital stereo soundtrack remains clear and does not exhibit any errors. As this film is mostly dialogue orientated, the stereo soundtrack is suitable.

     The score for the drama was composed by the late Frédéric Botton.

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Main Menu

     The Main Menu is composed of a still image derived from the feature film. There are 12 Scene Selections and subtitle options.

     This film is currently only available locally as part of the ‘French Screen Icons- Alain Delon 2’ boxset. At the time of writing, the 2005 R2 (France) release is out of print.

     Un Crime is an interesting crime drama, with many twists and turns, and draws parallels with Primal Fear (1996).

     The DVD is adequately produced, with satisfactory picture and soundtrack/subtitle options.

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