Mon Crime (aka The Crime Is Mine) (2023)

Set in the 1930s, a struggling actress (Nadia Tereszkiewicz) confesses to a murder she did not commit claiming self defense. She is acquitted and becomes a media sensation as her acting career rises. Everything is fine ..... until the real murderer shows up. Based on the play by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil (previously filmed in 1937 and 1946) and directed by Francois Ozon (8 FEMMES). Francois Ozon has been doing stellar work in recent years with films like FRANTZ, SUMMER OF 85 and PETER VON KANT but they seem to slip under the radar here in the U.S. This delightful black comedy has suffered the same fate. The film received excellent reviews and in previous years would have been a popular art house hit. Ozon's wacky ode to sisterhood has elements of screwball comedy, Hollywood gloss and an attempt at the Lubitsch touch. I don't want to overpraise it but this is the kind of movie that makes you fall in love with movies. Seek it out if you can. With a scene stealing Isabelle Huppert as an aging silent movie actress, Rebecca Marder, Fabrice Luchini, Andre Dussollier and Dany Boon.