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A Crime in Paradise(2001)
Status: Released
Date: 2001-02-28
66%
158 Votes
Time: 1h 29m
Overview:
In the 1980 French countryside, farmer Jojo and his ill-tempered wife Lulu hate each other, though their respective interests speak against divorce. The only thing that keeps the oppressed Jojo from murder is the threat of the guillotine...
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Josy Films
KJB Production
Movie: A Crime in Paradise
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jacques Villeret
Jojo Braconnier
Josiane Balasko
Lulu Braconnier
André Dussollier
Maître Jacquard
Suzanne Flon
La maîtresse
Gérard Hernandez
Jacky
Roland Magdane
Le patron du café
Jacques Dacqmine
Laborde, président du tribunal
Valérie Mairesse
Magali Gianelli, la femme du patron du café
Dominique Lavanant
Mlle Goudilleux, la pharmacienne
Daniel Prévost
l'avocat général
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