Traces of blood
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Traces of blood |
| Original title | Scenes de crimes |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 104 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frédéric Schoendoerffer |
| script |
Yann Brion Olivier Douyère Frédéric Schoendoerffer |
| production | Eric Névé |
| music | Bruno Coulais |
| camera | Jean-Pierre Sauvaire |
| cut | Dominique Mazzoleni |
| occupation | |
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Traces of Blood is a French crime film directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer from 2000.
action
Georges Fabian and Jean-Louis Gomez work for the criminal police in Montpellier. You are investigating the missing Marie Bourgoin. She wanted to meet friends, but was not at the meeting point. Instead, they found her diskman and a blood-stuck magazine. The Bourgoins also miss their dog - the police sniffer dogs finally find the buried dog corpse not far from their parents' house. Fabian and Gomez then have to deal with several corpses found. A female and a male corpse without heads and hands were found in a lake. It's about the young Penelope and her friend Joseph. The case, in turn, is reminiscent of an older, unexplained corpse find. At that time, a woman's body with no head or hands, which the investigators named "Mathilde", was found. All of the missing women obviously have one thing in common: They are blonde.
In addition to their work, both investigators have a changing private life: Fabian's wife is pregnant, both are expecting a girl. Gomez's daughter has just turned 18 and is moving to Paris. This takes Gomez's wife as an opportunity to separate from her husband. Gomez in turn tries to drown his grief in alcohol. It hits him hard when the bourgoins receive a letter from the perpetrator in which he informs the parents that Marie is dead, but that he had amused herself with her for three days. An enclosed photo shows a blonde woman tied up and brutally beaten. It is unclear whether the person in the photo is really Marie.
The investigators have the files searched for all the young and blonde women who have disappeared in recent years. Across France, 17 women were reported missing and it will soon be possible to create movement profiles of the perpetrator. Since Penelope's body showed traces of chalk, the crime scene can be roughly narrowed down. On a construction site of a small settlement, a break-in into one of the shell is reported and Luminol actually shows that a bloodbath took place in the shell. In the nearby pond, the investigators find several heads, including those of Penelope, Joseph and Marie. The search for clues in the house reveals not only human remains but also dog hair, which can be assigned to a collie after an examination . The investigation is overshadowed by a stroke of fate: After a meal at Fabian's, Gomez collapses under the influence of alcohol and dies. Fabian continues to investigate with a new partner. Two Danish women become victims of the perpetrator, one of whom dies in hospital without being able to provide any information about the man. Examining the dog's hair reveals that the animal is sick and that a certain drug is being used to treat it. All pharmacies where the drug is offered are examined. In fact, a pharmacist remembers that a few days ago a man picked up several medicines. He also bought eye drops, which are used, among other things, to treat irritation from swimming pool water. Although the pharmacist cannot identify a man in the swimming pool, she recognizes the man's bag. It belongs to a woman and her daughter. Fabian follows them both to their house and goes into the apartment when the wife, husband and daughter have left the house. Fabian hears a dog howling, but is knocked down before he sees the dog. Fabian is actually in the perpetrator's house. He plays mind games with him when Fabian comes to, shoots his collie in front of Fabian's eyes and also his wife and daughter when they surprisingly enter the house. In the end he threatens to shoot Fabian, but kills himself in front of his eyes. Fabian is left covered in blood. Some time later, Fabian can be seen walking by the sea with his wife and little daughter.
production
Traces of blood was filmed in Coyolles , Mireval , Montpellier , Palavas-les-Flots and Versailles . The costumes were created by Virginie Montel , the production design is by Jean-Baptiste Poirot . It was the directorial debut of Frédéric Schoendoerffer.
The film opened in French cinemas on March 15, 2000 and was seen by 208,755 viewers. "How bad it is in the country of the country's film culture, shows the disappointing commercial performance of Frédéric Schoendoerffers directorial debut," judged kino.de . In Germany it had its premiere as part of the Fantasy Filmfest 2000 , but did not find a theatrical distribution. It was first seen on November 5, 2001 on ZDF on German television.
criticism
For the film service , traces of blood was an "exciting police crime story that doesn't want to provide affirmative entertainment, but rather explores the killer psyche as well as that of the police officers, who can hardly reconcile work and private life". The film is a "remarkable directorial debut with brilliant actors." "As tough as possible, eerie and extremely exciting," said Cinema .
Awards
Traces of Blood was nominated in 2001 for a César for Best First Work.
Web links
- Traces of blood in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Traces of blood in the German dubbing files
Individual evidence
- ↑ See allocine.fr
- ↑ See kino.de
- ↑ See f3a.net
- ↑ traces of blood. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de