Roberto Succo ( Je te tue ) ( Kurt )

Roberto Succo (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Je te tue
Alternate Title: Kurt
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
120 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Production Notes
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Cédric Kahn

Written By:
Cédric Kahn
Pascale Froment

Actors:
Stefano Cassetti ..... Roberto Succo (alias Kurt, André)
Isild Le Besco ..... Léa
Patrick Dell'Isola ..... Thomas
Viviana Aliberti ..... Swiss teacher
Estelle Perron ..... Céline
Leyla Sassi ..... Cathy
Catherine Decastel ..... Patricia
Olivia Carbonini ..... Girl at the Etna
Basile Vuillemin ..... L'enfant
Brigitte Raul ..... Child's mother
Marius Bertram ..... Cab driver
Aymeric Chauffert ..... Aelaunay
Vincent Dénériaz ..... Denis
Yelda Reynaud ..... Mylène
Philippe Bossard ..... Magistrate

Synopsis:

'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.

A girl discovers her mysterious new boyfriend has a lot more secrets than she expected in this drama inspired by a true story. Lea (Isild Le Besco) is a 16-year-old student who is on summer vacation from school when she meets a man named Kurt (Stefano Cassetti), who appears to be at least ten years her senior. Despite the difference in their ages, Lea grows fond of the shy and sometimes awkward Kurt, and a romance blooms between the two, with Kurt often meeting Lea at her family's summer home in the mountains. Despite their affection for each other, Kurt proves to be a singularly uninterested and unsatisfying lover, but that soon proves to be the least of Lea's worries after she learns that her boyfriend is actually Roberto Succo, a notorious criminal wanted for robbery, assault, murder, and rape. While Lea isn't sure what to do about this at first, it doesn't take long for her to decide it's time to end their relationship; Roberto isn't especially happy about this, but Lea's resolve is strengthened when she learns that his murder victims included a number of people who were closest to him, among them his parents. Finally, Lea decides to inform the police about Roberto's whereabouts, but it turns out to be too late -- Roberto has hit the road, and kidnapped the first of several women in a bid to get out of the country before the law can catch him. Roberto Succo is based on a book about the real-life criminal of the same name; while the film stays true to the facts about Succo's crimes, it adds a number of characters who are either fictionalized versions of real people or inventions of the screenwriter created as a narrative convenience.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 April, 2006.

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