The Genius of Crime ( French: Le Génie du crime) is a 2006 Canadian comedy-drama film directed by Louis Bélanger and written by Thérèse Bérubé. ^[1] An adaptation of George F. Walker's stage play Criminal Genius, the film stars Gilles Renaud as Rolly and Patrick Drolet as Stevie, two criminal hoodlums who are hired by Shirley ( Anne-Marie Cadieux) to burn down the restaurant of her rival Mike ( Robert Morin), only to instead end up kidnapping Amanda ( Julie Le Breton), the restaurant's chef and Mike's daughter. ^[2]

The film's cast also includes François Papineau as Phillie, the manager of the motel where they are hiding out.

The film premiered at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival on October 28, 2006. ^[3]

The film received two Jutra Award nominations at the 9th Jutra Awards in 2007, for Best Costume Design (Anne Duceppe) and Best Hair (Martin Rivest). ^[4]

References

External links

• The Genius of Crime at IMDb

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