Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 2006 R, 147 min. Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Tom Tykwer Cast: Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, John Hurt, David Calder, Simon Chandler, Sian Thomas, Corinna Harfouch, Birgit Minichmayr, Paul Berrondo, Jessica Schwartz
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) has a unique ability of using his superb olfactory senses and apprentices himself to perfume maker Guiseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman) to learn how to capture those scents. After his lessons, Grenouille is able to create popular aromas, but his perfumes are made from the corpses of fresh-smelling virgins who he must kill in order to create scents that he hopes will be so sublime that they will erase the world's evils.
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Wide-Eyed and Legless 1994 PG-13, 90 min. Genre: Drama aka: The Wedding Gift
Director: Richard Loncraine Cast: Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Sian Thomas, Thora Hird, Anastasia Mulroney, Andrew Lancel, Dinah Handley, Peter Whitfield
This story has it all–love, illness, infidelity, and even some hope for the future. It follows Diana (Julie Walters) and Deric Longden (Jim Broadbent) as they search for solutions to Diana's illness amidst plans for their son's wedding.
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| 1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
2. Wide-Eyed and Legless (1994) aka: The Wedding Gift
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