Film Info
- France
- 2000
- 93 minutes
- Color
- 2.35:1
- French
More than seventy years on, the case of the Papin sisters, the servants who murdered and mutilated their mistress and her daughter in pre-World War II Le Mans, remains an enigma. Jean-Pierre Denis’s film is the definitive screen version: at once a stunning dramatization of the events leading up to the tragedy, and a compelling interrogation of the class issues that are believed to have contributed to the incident.
Cast
Christine Papin | Sylvie Testud |
Léa Papin | Julie-Marie Parmentier |
Clémence | Isabelle Renauld |
The veteran | François Levanthal |
Madame Lancelin | Dominique Labourier |
Monsieur Lancelin | Jean-Gabriel Nordmann |
Geneviève Lancelin | Marie Donnio |
Credits
Director | Jean-Pierre Denis |
Screenplay | Jean-Pierre Denis and Michèle Halberstadt |
Based on the book L'affaire Papin by | Paulette Houdyer |
Producer | Michèle Halberstadt and Laurent Pétin |
Production manager | Daniel Bashieri |
Cinematography | Jean-Marc Fabre |
Production design | Bernard Vezat |
Sound | Jean-Pierre Duret |
Costume design | Sylvie De Segonzac |
Makeup | Françoise Chapuis |
Editing | Marie-Hélène Dozo |
Mix | Thomas Gauder |