Genealogies of a Crime
May 04 1997
•2h 53m
•Crime, Drama, Thriller
An attorney defends a young man on trial for killing his aunt — a psychiatrist who took him in to study possible homicidal tendencies.
Cast
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Catherine Deneuve
Jeanne / Solange
Michel Piccoli
Georges Didier
Melvil Poupaud
René
Andrzej Seweryn
Christian
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