Twin Peaks: Why LGBTQ Ally Depiction is Crucial
Portraying how easy it is to be an ally heavily benefits the majority audience. The more we encourage it, normalize it, and give people the tools to become one, the sooner we can co-exist peacefully.
Requiem for a Killer (2011)
Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.
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Lucretia is a killer for hire. Specialised in poisoning and passionate about opera, she'll have to fulfill a difficult contract in the heart of the Swiss alps. Posing as a singer, Lucretia will have to appear on the scene of the higly exclusive Festival d'Ermeux and try to kill one of her partners: British bariton Alexander Child. Having recently acquired a Scottish distillery, he remains the only obstacle to a strategic pipeline project with considerable economic stakes; having recently won a tough legal battle against British Oil, their last resort is to eliminate him. Complicating everything is Rico, sent by the French contra-espionage, who tries to infiltrate the orchestra and stop the plot against Alexander Child.
Rating:R
Genre:Thriller
Written By:Jérôme le Maire
In Theaters:6/1/2011
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Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:Alter Films, StudioCanal, France 2 Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Cast
Jérôme le Maire
Director
Clovis Cornillac
Rico
Mélanie Laurent
Lucrèce
Tchéky Karyo
L'Arménien
Xavier Gallais
Xavier De Ferrières
Christopher Stills
Alexander Child
Corrado Invernizzi
Vittorio Biamonte
Michel Fau
Le Chef d'orchestre
Frédérique Tirmont
La Colonel
Johan Leysen
Van Kummant
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Le maître de chant
Julien Israël
Seymour
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