CRIMINAL LOVERS
dir. François Ozon, 1999
United States. 97 min.
In French with English subtitles

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After debuting at Anthology Film Archives’ Narrow Rooms series last year, the restoration of Criminal Lovers returns to New York. An audacious queer take on Hansel and Gretel, Criminal Lovers starts with a thrill kill that sends its protagonists, Alice and Luc, down the rabbit hole. Like a wannabe Bonnie and Clyde, the couple flee their safe suburban lives before getting lost in the woods, only to find themselves trapped by a psychotic woodsman. What awaits in his cellar—from sexual enlightenment to karmic retribution—must be seen to be believed.