Requiem for a Killer

Requiem for a Killer

2011 · 91 min · FR · R · 4.8 (72 votes)
Dir. Jérôme Le Maire · Starring Clovis Cornillac, Mélanie Laurent, Tchéky Karyo, Xavier Gallais, Christopher Stills, Corrado Invernizzi · Music Jiri Heger
Thriller

Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.

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A chillingly elegant thriller set against the backdrop of high culture. It's a slow-burn descent into a world of professional detachment and dangerous obsession, where the beauty of opera contrasts with the grim reality of assassination.

eleganttensemelancholicchillingsteadyarthouse thrilleroperaticEuropean cinemaart vs. commercedutyobsessionbetrayal
operahitmanswitzerland
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