
Mortal Transfer
Seen it?2001 | 122 min | Comedy, Thriller, Crime
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime fans, anyone who likes to be kept guessing and anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Arsenic and Old Lace or The Naked City, start here.
- The mood
- Light and funny, tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 2 hr 2 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Michel, a psycho-analyst, falls asleep while listening to his patient Olga, a kleptomaniac and a sexual pervert, tell him how she likes her husband beating her. When he wakes up, he finds Olga having been choked to death. He now has to deal with a body, with Olga's rich husband who thinks she stole money from him, and with all his patients' insanity that haunts him.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerWeak
$2 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 1K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix
- Jean-Hugues AngladeMichel Durand
- Hélène de FougerollesOlga Kluber
- Predrag 'Miki' ManojlovićErostrate
- Valentina SaucaHélène Maier
- Robert HirschArmand Zlibovic
- Yves RénierMax Kubler
- Catherine MouchetThe maths teacher
- Denis PodalydèsInspector Chapireau
- Jean-Pierre BeckerJacques Preco
- Cyril RaffaelliThief