- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: fr
- Country: France
- Director: François Ozon
- Stars: Natacha Régnier, Jérémie Renier, Miki Manojlović, Salim Kéchiouche, Yasmine Belmadi
- keywords: sexual abuse, gay interest, rape of a male, murder, lgbt, impulsive
- Production_studio: Fidélité Productions, ARTE France Cinéma, StudioCanal, Eurospace
- Slogan: Their idea of foreplay was murder.
- The Criminal Lovers is featured in the top rankings of 1999
- #29 in Top Romance Movies of 1999
- #21 in Top Thriller Movies of 1999
- #7 in Top Horror Movies of 1999
After a perverted impulse drives them to kill, Alice and her boyfriend, Luc, drag the body into the woods, only to find themselves hopelessly lost – much like the fairy-tale plight of Hansel and Gretel. Starving and with no hope of being found, they chance upon a dilapidated cottage where a hulking man takes them prisoner and proceeds to feed Luc's sexual appetite.