Under Suspicion (2000 film)
The film s final total gross was $1,380,925. Much of the film s score was composed and performed by the electronic musician BT. . As the city celebrates the San Sebastian Festival, the police captain brings in the lawyer for questioning, at first politely, and then less so, as he and a younger detective chip away at the suspect s alibi.It stars Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Monica Bellucci and Thomas Jane. The film is based on the 1981 French film Garde à vue and the 1970s British novel Brainwash, written by John Wainwright. A wealthy, influential man, Henry has become the prime suspect, but the evidence against him is circumstantial.
The film inserts the detectives alongside the suspect in the flashbacks of each event he describes. The film was givin limited release to only 19 movie theaters in North America grossing a total of $334,245 during its theatrical run. They interrogate him for hours while Henry s most private secrets are exposed one by one. None of the film s leading characters appear to be Puerto Rican, including the police captain or young Detective Owens (played by Jane).
Under Suspicion is a 2000 American film directed by Stephen Hopkins. Captain Victor Benezet (played by Freeman) questions Henry Hearst, an upstanding lawyer (played by Hackman) about the crime, turning a ten-minute interview into a grueling interrogation. Henry has a strained relationship with his beautiful young wife Chantal (Bellucci).
Owens is immediately (and throughout) overtly hostile to the suspect. It was screened out of competition at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. The police in San Juan, Puerto Rico investigate the rape and murder of two young girls.
Henry reacts angrily to Owens rudeness but continues to clumsily incriminate himself. Scenes outside the interrogation room depict what Henry is saying. The film was also given limited release internationally grossing $752,783 in Mexico, $17,222 in Taiwan, and $277,675 in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta.
