Jean-Baptiste Grenouille
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Jan 5, 2007 · Perfume: The Story of a Murderer: Directed by Tom Tykwer. With Ben Whishaw, Francesc Albiol, Gonzalo Cunill, Rachel Hurd-Wood. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume.
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- Crime, Drama, Fantasy
- Tom Tykwer
- 2007-01-05
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer is a 2006 period psychological thriller film directed by Tom Tykwer, who cowrote the screenplay with Andrew Birkin and Bernd Eichinger, based on the 1985 novel of the same name by Patrick Süskind. The film stars Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood and Dustin Hoffman.
Synopsis. Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.
- Tom Tykwer
- U
- 5
Born with an acute sense of smell, Jean-Baptiste resorts to dark deeds in creating a perfume that captures the essence of a woman. Watch trailers & learn more.
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. With his incredible talent for discerning scents, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) is one of 18th-century France's finest perfumers. He becomes obsessed with...
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- Tom Tykwer
- R
- Mystery & Thriller, History, Drama
Synopsis. The film begins with the sentencing of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), a notorious murderer. Between the reading of the sentence and the execution, the story of his life is told in flashback, beginning with his abandonment at birth in a French fish market.
With Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman headlining an all-star cast, Perfume tells the story of a French peasant blessed and cursed with a sense of smell so keen it is his primary...
