Roberto Succo (film)

Roberto Succo
Roberto Succo
	Film poster
Directed by	Cédric Kahn
Screenplay by	Cédric Kahn
Based on	Je te tue. Histoire vraie de Roberto Succo, assassin sans raison; by Pascale Froment
Produced by	Ruth Waldburger
Starring	Stefano Cassetti
Cinematography	Pascal Marti
Edited by	Yann Dedet
Music by	Julien Civange
Distributed by	Diaphana Films
Release date	14 May 2001;
Running time	124 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Roberto Succo is a 2001 French film directed by Cédric Kahn and based on the true story of the eponymous Italian serial killer Roberto Succo. The film was adapted from the book Je te tue. Histoire vraie de Roberto Succo assassin sans raison by Pascale Froment. The film was entered into the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

Plot

A film based on the true story of a notorious Italian criminal. Roberto Succo was a psychiatric patient who murdered his parents and embarked on a crime spree across Europe in the 1980s. He committed multiple violent crimes, including armed robberies, kidnappings, and murders, and evaded capture across several countries, including France, Italy, and Switzerland.

In the film, Kurt who is actually Roberto Succo, forms a relationship with a young girl, Léa, in the south of France. As his criminal activities escalate, the police struggle to track him down, not realizing the extent of his dangerous behavior until Léa provides key information, helping the authorities link him to the series of crimes and his true identity.^[2]^[3]