''Roberto Succo'' is a 2001 French film directed by

Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. His films include ''L'Ennui'' (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel ''Boredom'', and '' Red Lights'' (2004), based on the Georges Simenon novel. His film ''R ...

and based on the true story of the eponymous Italian

serial killer A serial killer is typically a person who murders three or more persons,A * * * * with the murders taking place over more than a month and including a significant period of time between them. While most authorities set a threshold of three ...

Roberto Succo Roberto Succo (3 April 1962 – 23 May 1988) was an Italian serial killer who committed several murders and other violent crimes mostly in Italy and France in the 1980s. Murders Succo was born in Mestre. On 3 April 1981 he fatally stabbed his ...

. The film was adapted from the book ''Je te tue. Histoire vraie de Roberto Succo assassin sans raison'' by

Pascale Froment Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name. Pascale derives from the Latin ''pa ...

. The film was entered into the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film ''The Son's Room'' by Nanni Moretti. The festival opened with ...

Cast

Stefano Cassetti Stefano is the Italian form of the masculine given name Στέφανος (Stefanos, Stephen). The name is of Greek origin, Στέφανος, meaning a person who made a significant achievement and has been crowned. In Orthodox Christianity the ac ...

as Roberto Succo *

Isild Le Besco Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker. She is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's. She has starred in many films, including ''Sade'' (2000), a French ...

as Léa * Patrick Dell'Isola as Thomas * Viviana Aliberti as Swiss teacher * Estelle Perron as Céline * Leyla Sassi as Cathy * Catherine Decastel as Patricia * Olivia Carbonini as Girl at the Etna * Basile Vuillemin as L'enfant * Brigitte Raul as Child's mother * Marius Bertram as Cab driver * Aymeric Chauffert as Aelaunay * Vincent Dénériaz as Denis * Yelda Reynaud as Mylène * Philippe Bossard as Magistrate

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* 2001 films 2000s biographical films Biographical films about serial killers Films based on non-fiction books Films directed by Cédric Kahn French crime films 2000s French-language films Cultural depictions of Italian men Cultural depictions of serial killers Cultural depictions of kidnappers Cultural depictions of rapists 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub