Genealogies of a Crime

Genealogies of a Crime
Directed byRaúl Ruiz
Written byRaúl Ruiz
Pascal Bonitzer
Produced byPaulo Branco
StarringCatherine Deneuve
Michel Piccoli
Melvil Poupaud
Andrzej Seweryn
Bernadette Lafont
CinematographyStephan Ivanov
Edited byValeria Sarmiento
Music byJorge Arriagada
Distributed byRézo Films (France)
Leopardo Filmes (Portugal)
Release dates
  • 26 March 1997 (1997-03-26) (France)
  • 4 May 1997 (1997-05-04) (Portugal)
  • 28 March 1998 (1998-03-28) (United States)
Running time
114 minutes (France)
113 minutes (Argentina)
103 minutes (USA)
CountriesFrance
Portugal
LanguageFrench
Budget$4.2 million
Box office$1.2 million

Genealogies of a Crime (French: Généalogies d'un crime, Portuguese: Genealogias de um Crime) is a 1997 French-Portuguese crime film directed by Chilean filmmaker Raúl Ruiz. It was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear for an outstanding artistic contribution. Despite being released in 1997 (1998 in the United States), the film was not released on DVD until 2005. Since, it has been included in multiple DVD anthologies of Ruiz’s works.