CRIME & PUNISHMENT

View Trailer - Request Screener - Check Availabilities - Contact Us

SUMMARY:
When Raskolnikove (Crispin Glover) publishes an article expressing the idea that “murder is justified if it’s done against the worthless,” he is driven to commit a gruesome murder. With the help of a police detective (John Hurt) and a beautiful new love, Raskolnikove confesses his crime in an attempt to purify his tormented soul.

STARRING: Crispin Glover (Back to the Future) and Vanessa Redgrave
DIRECTED BY: Menahem Golan
WRITER: Menahem Golan
PRODUCED BY: Menahem Golan
THRILLER,126 Minutes, 2000

DETAILED SYNOPSIS:
Raskolnikove (Crispin Glover) is a struggling intellectual law student at Moscow University. The time is today, and Russia is facing the toughest economical revolution of the century. The Ruble, not able to maintain its strength and power within a nation suffering from the peak of poverty and crime, succumbs to the inevitable plague of sicknesses that surround the society of modern day Moscow.

During these hard times, Raskolnikove decides to publish an article in the students' magazine in which he expresses his ideas about the “ubermesch,” which is based on Nietzsche's Philosophy of “...some human beings are better than others, only they have the right to exist. When crime, even murder, is justified if it's done against the worthless.” Raskolnikove's ideas lead him to kill an old pawnbroker, who he considers to be scum, in order to steal her fortune. But the Chief of the homicide police (John Hurt) in Moscow, who suspects the young law student, decides to launch an investigation and a cat and mouse chase begins.

Events take a radical change when Raskolnikove's mother (Vanessa Redgrave) and her daughter (Sophie Ward) arrive in town to celebrate the marriage of Raskolnikove' sister to a rich industrialist, whom Raskolnikove despises. Raskolnikove's crime, along with the ever-changing trail of events, trigger physical and mental torment.

But life opens different and tougher doors, when he meets Sonia (Avital Dicker) a pretty prostitute, whom he falls in love with. His decision to give himself to the police will help him understand and separate between the road of righteousness and his tormented soul. In order to redeem himself from his criminal life he must face a court case that could mean an even rougher chapter of his life. Raskolnikove is taken to Siberia where he will learn to accept himself, and purify his tormented soul. After a short sentence he is released, and joins his waiting lover with whom he will attempt to start life once again.

Flyer Front

(Click to View)

Flyer Back

(Click to View)

AWARDS:
WorldFest Houston
Platinum Award