In 1930s Paris, Madeleine, a pretty, young, penniless and talentless actress, is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend Pauline, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the truth comes out.

“A sly slice of feminist triumph”   … SCREENDAILY

“The Crime Is Mine doesn’t take itself seriously and is full to bursting with brilliant lines” … FABIEN LEMERCIER – CINEEUROPA

Genre:  Comedy / Crime
Run time:  102 min
Country:  France
Language:  French w/English subtitles
Premiere:  Palm Springs
Director : François Ozon
Screenplay : François Ozon
Freely adapted : from the play Mon Crime (1934) by Georges Berr & Louis Verneuil
In collaboration with : Philippe Piazzo
Produced by : Éric & Nicolas Altmayer
Director of Photography : Manu Dacosse
Production Designer : Jean Rabasse
Costume Designer : Pascaline Chavanne
Original Music : Philippe Rombi
Principal Cast::  Nadia Tereszkiewicz (Madeleine Verdier), Rebecca Marder (Pauline Mauléon), Isabelle Huppert (Odette Chaumette), Dany Boon (Palmarède), Fabrice Luchini (the judge), André Dussolier (M. Bonnard), Michel Fau (the prosecutor)
Distributor:  Music Box
Trailer:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipeDYBawfec