''Roberto Succo'' is a 2001 French film directed by

Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. Career His films include ''L'Ennui'' (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel ''Boredom'', and ''Red Lights (2004 film), Red Lights'' (2004), based on the Geor ...

and based on the true story of the eponymous Italian

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Roberto Succo. The film was adapted from the book ''Je te tue. Histoire vraie de Roberto Succo assassin sans raison'' by Pascale Froment. The film was entered into the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival took place from 9 to 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was named Jury President for the main competition. Italian filmmaker Nanni Moretti won the ''Palme d'Or'' for the drama film '' The Son's ...

Plot

A film based on the true story of a notorious Italian criminal. Roberto Succo was a psychiatric patient who murdered his parents and embarked on a crime spree across

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in the 1980s. He committed multiple violent crimes, including armed robberies,

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, and murders, and evaded capture across several countries, including

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, and

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. In the film, Kurt who is actually Roberto Succo, forms a relationship with a young girl, Léa, in the south of France. As his criminal activities escalate, the police struggle to track him down, not realizing the extent of his dangerous behavior until Léa provides key information, helping the authorities link him to the series of crimes and his true identity.

Cast

* Stefano Cassetti as Roberto Succo *

Isild Le Besco Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker, who is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's. She has starred in many films, including '' Sade'' (2000), a Frenc ...

as Léa * Patrick Dell'Isola as Thomas * Viviana Aliberti as Swiss teacher * Estelle Perron as Céline * Leyla Sassi as Cathy * Catherine Decastel as Patricia * Olivia Carbonini as Girl at the Etna *

Basile Vuillemin Basile may refer to: People Surname * Adriana Basile (c. 1590–c. 1640), Italian composer * Alfio Basile (born 1943), Argentine football coach and former player * Arturo Basile (1914–1968), Italian conductor * Emanuele Basile (1949–1980), c ...

as L'enfant * Brigitte Raul as Child's mother * Marius Bertram as Cab driver * Aymeric Chauffert as Aelaunay *

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as Denis *

Yelda Reynaud Yelda Reynaud (born Kaymakçı on 17 January 1972) is a Turkish-Austrian actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the tr ...

as Mylène * Philippe Bossard as Magistrate

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* 2001 films 2000s biographical films Biographical films about serial killers Films based on non-fiction books Films directed by Cédric Kahn French crime films 2000s French-language films Cultural depictions of Italian people Cultural depictions of serial killers Cultural depictions of kidnappers Cultural depictions of rapists 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub