Vidocq (2001 film)
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| Directed by | Pitof |
| Produced by | Dominique Farrugia |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Guillaume Canet |
| Music by | Bruno Coulais |
| Editing by | Thierry Hoss |
| Release date(s) |  September 19, 2001 January 2, 2007 |
| Running time | 100 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | FRF 152,000,000 (estimated) |
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Vidocq is a 2001 movie, directed by Pitof, that pits the historical figure Eugène François Vidocq (played by Gérard Depardieu) against a supernatural soul-stealing monster called The Alchemist. It is notable as being the first major fantasy film to be shot entirely on digital film.
[edit] Plot
In 19th century Paris, the famed detective Vidocq disappears while pursuing a murderer called the Alchemist.
Etienne Boisset, a young biographer of Vidocq's, follows in his footsteps and progressively uncovers Vidocq's investigations. He learns how Vidocq was called in to investigate a series of assassinations by lightning, and that the Alchemist is a wizard of sorts that wears a mirrored mask and kills virgins to maintain eternal youth. Even the sex of the Alchemist is a mystery, because it sometimes utters mocking feminine sighs during combat with Vidocq. Etienne probes deeper into Vidocq's investigations and eventually comes to learn that the Alchemist uses virgin blood to make more magical mirrors that consume human souls.
At last, Etienne comes to the end of his trail and discovers Vidocq alive and in hiding. Etienne dons a mirrored mask and reveals himself to be the Alchemist. Vidocq has known all along, however, and is ready to fight his nemesis. During their final confrontation, Vidocq kills the Alchemist, but at the end of the movie it is suggested that the Alchemist still lives.
[edit] Cast and characters
- Gérard Depardieu - Vidocq
- Guillaume Canet - Étienne Boisset / The Alchemist
- Inés Sastre - Préah
- André Dussollier - Lautrennes
- Edith Scob - Sylvia
- Moussa Maaskri - Nimier
- Jean-Pierre Gos - Tauzet
- Isabelle Renauld - Marine Lafitte
- Jean-Pol Dubois - Belmont
- André Penvern - Veraldi
- Gilles Arbona - Lafitte
- Jean-Marc Thibault - Leviner
- François Chattot - Froissard
[edit] External links
- Vidocq at the Internet Movie Database
- History of VIDOCQ, private detective, with reading (in french) letters of VIDOCQ by an actor : in french (Centre d'information sur les détectives) or in english
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