Starring Ben Whishaw as Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, a man born in a most conducive environment of rotten fishes and market filth who has since mastered an almost superhuman attention to scent, the film starts out in a fashion reminiscent of Danny DeVito's underrated film adaptation of Roald Dahl's 'Matilda.' Although on the opposite sides of the spectrum in terms of tone, atmosphere and character development, both films have captured the elusive beauty of introductory storytelling with a sort of effortless vibe, enhanced, of course, by two great narrative voices: the former being Danny DeVito's very own, and the latter being John Hurt's monastic yet commanding tenor. After all, nothing beats a dose of literary alienation every now and then. Later, I then found out that the novel on which the film was adapted from is a personal favorite of Kurt Cobain (because he was able to identify with Jean-Baptiste Grenouille's outsider mentality), which naturally leaves me even more intrigued to read it. But seeing the film in all its glorious bizarreness and vivid peculiarity after all of those apathetic years, 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' has turned out to be quite an exhilarating cinematic surprise. Despite the fact that the visually innovative Tom Tykwer is at the directorial helm, my inclination to watch this film is quite lukewarm at best mainly because, well, I just don't know why. (ES)Ĭonstantin Film, Metropolitan (FR), Highlight Film (DE), DreamWorks Distribution LLC, DreamWorks SKG, Paramount Pictures (US), Distribution Company (AR), Odeon S.A.For some reasons unclear to me, 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' has never really piqued my interest before. Panic breaks out as people rush to protect their daughters, while an unrepentant and unrelenting Grenouille still lacks the final ingredient to complete his quest.īased upon the novel The Perfume, a novel by Patrick Süskind international title:ĭE, RU, UA, AT, IT, FR, BE, ES, AG, CZ, NL, TW, UK, US, HU, SE, FI Īndrew Birkin, Tom Tykwer, Bernd Eichingerīen Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Sara Forestier, Corinna Harfouch, Dustin Hoffmanīernd Eichinger, Andrew Birkin, Gigi OeriĬonstantin Film AG, Castelao Producciones, VIP Medienfonds 4b Produktion (DE), NEF Productions (FR),, Ikiru Films S.L. As Grenouille's obsession turns deadly, twelve young girls are found murdered.

Strangely lacking any scent of his own, he becomes obsessed with capturing the irresistible but elusive aroma of young womanhood. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has a unique talent for discerning the scents and smells that swirl around him, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes.

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