This Spanish/German/French co-production turns out to be an interesting and exciting film based on Patrick Suskind (he is known to be very skeptical and for a long time did not want to sell the movie rights to his books) novel well adapted by Andrew Birkin and being developed during eighteen century , Paris . It deals with Jean Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), an unfortunate young but born with an extreme olfactory sense who seeks the definitive scent . For that , he doesn't doubt to kill in cold blood . Jean becomes a psychopathic series killer , but he tries to preserve the vital essence for an ultimate perfume . Firstly , Jean falls enamored a beautiful girl (Karoline Herfurth) who finds in the streets and posteriorly he stalks numerous victims . After that , he serves for the most famous perfume maker named Giuseppe Baldini (Dustin Hoffman) . Later on , Baptiste pursues a gorgeous young girl (Rachel Hurd-Wood: Wendy in Peter Pan), daughter of a rich man named Antoine Richis (Alan Rickman) who engages her to the marquis of Montesquieu (Harris Gordon) and attempts to track down the heinous murderer . Meanwhile , the vicious killer displays a criminal rampage and goes on his objective , the creating the world's rapturing perfume .
The picture is a co-production among various countries as Germany (Constantine Films) , France (Nouvelles editions) and Spain (Castelao , Julio Fernandez) realized in big budget and great production values . The film contains suspense , explicit and grisly violence , involving sexuality and disturbing images . Although sometimes is slow moving and overlong for a runtime about 147 minutes ; however resulting to be entertaining for the continued suspense . While the look is suitable atmospheric and colorful , the plot stretches plausibility to the breaking point , a fantastic final at the town square . During preproduction, director/screenwriter Tom Tykwer, Director of Photography Frank Griebe , Production Designer Uli Hanisch, and Costumer Designer Pierre-Yves Gayraud studied the complete works of Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Joseph Wright in order to ensure the film's aesthetic correctly captured 18th century France . Sensational outdoors are marvellously filmed on location in Figueras , Gerona , Tortosa and Alps locations . Glimmer and evocative cinematography by Frank Griebe and sensitive , appropriate musical score , including a feeling leitmotif .
Taut and suspenseful direction by Tom Tykwer . This is Tom Tykwer's international breakthrough and was a hit with both audiences and critics alike . Tom's energetic style helps push this elegant and brilliant flick . The movie garnered many awards and was one of the most successful European films of the year . Former and subsequent projects filmed in creative manner and technically developed by Tykwer include the followings : the successful Run Lola run (1998) ,The princess and the warrior (2000) ,Heaven (2002) , The International (2009) and the ambitious epic Cloud Atlas (2012). Rating : Better than average , it's a good rendition of the famous best seller.
The picture is a co-production among various countries as Germany (Constantine Films) , France (Nouvelles editions) and Spain (Castelao , Julio Fernandez) realized in big budget and great production values . The film contains suspense , explicit and grisly violence , involving sexuality and disturbing images . Although sometimes is slow moving and overlong for a runtime about 147 minutes ; however resulting to be entertaining for the continued suspense . While the look is suitable atmospheric and colorful , the plot stretches plausibility to the breaking point , a fantastic final at the town square . During preproduction, director/screenwriter Tom Tykwer, Director of Photography Frank Griebe , Production Designer Uli Hanisch, and Costumer Designer Pierre-Yves Gayraud studied the complete works of Caravaggio, Rembrandt and Joseph Wright in order to ensure the film's aesthetic correctly captured 18th century France . Sensational outdoors are marvellously filmed on location in Figueras , Gerona , Tortosa and Alps locations . Glimmer and evocative cinematography by Frank Griebe and sensitive , appropriate musical score , including a feeling leitmotif .
Taut and suspenseful direction by Tom Tykwer . This is Tom Tykwer's international breakthrough and was a hit with both audiences and critics alike . Tom's energetic style helps push this elegant and brilliant flick . The movie garnered many awards and was one of the most successful European films of the year . Former and subsequent projects filmed in creative manner and technically developed by Tykwer include the followings : the successful Run Lola run (1998) ,The princess and the warrior (2000) ,Heaven (2002) , The International (2009) and the ambitious epic Cloud Atlas (2012). Rating : Better than average , it's a good rendition of the famous best seller.