

The Great Alibi
2008-04-30 · 93 min · ★ 5.3
Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit...
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- Directors
- Pascal Bonitzer
- Production companies
- UGC Films, Angoa-Agicoa, CinéCinéma
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Miou-MiouEliane Pages
Valeria Bruni TedeschiEsther Bachmann
Lambert WilsonPierre Collier
Pierre ArditiHenri Pages
Anne ConsignyClaire Collier
Mathieu DemyPhilippe Léger
Maurice BénichouCommandant Grange
Céline SalletteMarthe
Agathe BonitzerChloé
Dany BrillantMichel - le chauffeur et factotum de Léa
Emmanuelle RivaGeneviève Herbin
Nicolas KoretzkyBertrand
François RegnaultLe Procureur
Caterina MurinoLéa Mantovani
Alain LiboltLe contrôleur
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