~ LOVE CRIME Starring Ludivine Sagnier & Kristin Scott Thomas

LOVE CRIME
Starring Ludivine Sagnier and Kristin Scott Thomas

A film from Alain Corneau whose career spanned the last four decades of French cinema. His credits include the international hits “Série Noire,” “Nocturne Indien” and “Tous les matins du monde.”

OPENING IN LOS ANGELES ON SEPTEMBER 2 AT LAEMMLE’S ROYAL THEATER

**LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL 2011** (Official Selection)
**RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA 2011** (Official Selection)
**TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010** (Official Selection)
**VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2010**(Official Selection)

LOVE CRIME, the last film from master director Alain Corneau, co-written with Nathalie Carter and starring Ludivine Sagnier, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Mille and Guillaume Marquet.

LOVE CRIME is a remorseless tale of extreme office politics, played brilliantly by Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier. Isabelle (Sagnier) is the young ingénue assistant, while Christine (Scott Thomas) is the older woman, a senior executive in a multinational company doing deals around the world. At first they are friendly. Christine, the able executive, is happy to pass the grunt work along to the up-and-coming Isabelle as she learns the ropes. But when Christine starts to take credit for Isabelle’s ideas, and a fellow worker bee begins to fuel Isabelle’s growing doubts about Christine’s duplicitous “all-for-one” attitude, the ground is prepared for all out war.

And all out war certainly ensues. LOVE CRIME is complex, mischievous, surprising and ultimately devastating look on the corporate world, a last magical effort from one of the world’s most loved directors.

Ludivine Sagnier made her film debut at the age of 10 and established herself as one of the brightest young stars in French and international cinema through her collaborations with directors Francois Ozon (“Water Drops on Burning Rocks,” “Swimming Pool,” “8 Women”), Jean-Francois Richet (“Mesrine”), Claude Chabrol (“A Girl Cut in Two”) and Christophe Honoré (“Love Songs”). Her latest films are Honoré’s “Les Bien-Aimés,” opposite Catherine Deneuve, and Lee Tamahori’s “The Devil’s Double” with Dominic Cooper.

SUNDANCE SELECTS
Running Time: 106 minutes
Language: French and English (with English subtitles)
Rating: Unrated
Release date: Los Angeles on September 2 at Laemmle’s Royal Theatre, followed by a national roll out.

CAST
Ludivine Sagnier – Isabelle
Kristin Scott Thomas – Christine
Patrick Mille – Philippe
Guillaume Marquet – Daniel
Gérald Laroche – Gérard
Julien Rochefort – Lawyer
Olivier Rabourdin – Judge
Marie Guillard – Claudine
Mike Powers – Boss 1
Matthew Gonder – Boss 2
Jean-Pierre Leclerc – Gérard’s Assistant

CREW
Director – Alain Corneau
Producer – Saïd Ben Saïd – SBS Films
Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue – Alain Corneau and Natalie Carter
Production Manager – Frédéric Blum
Director of Photography – Yves Angelo
1st Assistant Director – Vincent Trintignant-Corneau
Script Supervisor – Marie Leconte
Production Designer – Katia Wyszkop
Costume Designer – Khadija Zeggaï
Costume Supervisor – Karen Muller-Serreau
Head Editor – Thierry Derocles
Music – Pharoah Sanders
Set Photographer – Pascal Chantier
Sound – Jean-Paul Mugel and Jean-Paul Hurier
Casting – Gérard Moulevrier
Post Production Manager – Abraham Goldblat
Trailers – Sonia Tout Court
Posters and Artwork – Rageman and Yabara
Video Rights – UGC Vidéo

An SBS FILMS production
In coproduction with FRANCE 2 CINEMA and DIVALI FILMS
In association with SOFICA UGC 1
With the participation of CANAL+ CINECINEMA and FRANCE TELEVISIONS
With the support of REGION ILE-DE-FRANCE
© 2010 SBS FILMS – FRANCE 2 CINEMA – DIVALI FILMS