The Crime is Mine

Transposing #MeToo to 1930s Paris, Ozon crafts a masterful comedy to revisit gender equality and power dynamics after Peter von Kant (46th). The Hitchcockian drama unfolds as a penniless actress is accused of murdering a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, an unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted on the grounds of self-defense. A new life of fame and success begins, until the true murderer appears. Powered by Isabelle Huppert's imperiously hilarious performance, this willfully theatrical retro, weaved with a layer of modernity, is a delectable triumph of sorority.