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The Collector (Le collectionneur)

Spain title: El coleccionista
Russian title: Расчлененка
Original title: Le collectionneur

Alternative titles:
The Collector – Der Sammler | Коллекционер | El coleccionista – Asesino serial

Thriller – Canada
Production year: 2001
Movie length: 125 minutes

Director: Jean Beaudin
Writer: Jean Beaudin, Chantal Cadieux, Chrystine Brouillet
Cinematograph: Daniel Jobin
Music: Michel Cusson

Movie description:

»The Collector« (French: Le collectionneur) is a Canadian thriller film, released in 2002. Written and directed by Jean Beaudin based on the crime novel of the same name by Chrystine Brouil-let, the film stars Maude Guérin as Maude Graham, a police detective trying to track down a serial killer while simultaneously sheltering two homeless teenagers, a 16 year old hustler and a 12 year old runaway.

The detective Maud Graham hides her sensibility behind the image of a strong and independent woman. She frequently offers her hospitality to a 16-year-old prostitute, Grégoire, a young man who became her friend. But when the teenager decides to invite 12-year-old Frédéric who is running away from home, Maud is near illegality. In addition, the detective has to deal with a serial killer who had already killed and mutilated many women. When she understands that the killer is very intelligent and organized, she elaborates a strategy to arrest him. There starts a dangerous game where the two teenagers that Graham is protecting will be implied. The killer is getting closer, revealing more and more of his madness...

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