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Perfume : the story of a murderer / Constantin Film Produktion GmbH ; VIP 4 Medienfonds ; Davis-Films ; Rising Star [in co-production with] Nouvelles Éditions de Films, Castelao Producciones S.A. ; produced by Bernd Eichinger, Gigi Oeri ; screenplay by Andrew Birkin & Bernd Eichinger & Tom Tykwer ; directed by Tom Tykwer.

Berner, Alexander. (Added Author). Birkin, Andrew. (Added Author). Eichinger, Bernd. (Added Author). Gayraud, Pierre-Yves. (Added Author). Griebe, Frank. (Added Author). Hanisch, Uli. (Added Author). Hoffman, Dustin, 1937- (Added Author). Hurd-Wood, Rachel, 1990- (Added Author). Hurt, John, 1940- (Added Author). Oeri, Gigi. (Added Author). Rickman, Alan. (Added Author). Süskind, Patrick. Motion picture adaptation of (work): Parfum. English. (Added Author). Tykwer, Tom, 1965- (Added Author). Whishaw, Ben. (Added Author). Castelao Productions. (Added Author). Constantin Film (Firm) (Added Author). Davis Films (Firm) (Added Author). Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm) (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation, (production company.). Rising Star (Firm) (Added Author). VIP 4 Medienfonds (Firm) (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alan Rickman, John Hurt. (Cast).

Summary:

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. When an opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist, Giuseppe Baldini, it results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His successes in perfume mixing are negated by a blinding obsession for capturing the sublime beauty of human soul, which in his twisted logic requires the killing of young women to reduce their body fats to essential oils for the ultimate perfume.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (147 min.) : digital, sound, color
  • Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
  • Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel "Das parfum" by Patrick Süskind.
Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 2006.
Restrictions on Access Note:
Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Frank Griebe ; editor, Alexander Berner ; music, Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer ; costume designer, Pierre-Yves Gayraud ; production designer, Uli Hanisch.
Participant or Performer Note:
Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alan Rickman, John Hurt.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R; for aberrant behavior involving nudity, violence, sexuality, and disturbing images.
System Details Note:
Content available as a streaming video.
Source of Description Note:
Title from distributor's web site (viewed January 24, 2015).

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