Vidocq (2001) on Netflix
Paris, 1830. Detective Eugène Vidocq hunts the Alchemist, a man in a mirrored mask. When Vidocq disappears, journalist Étienne Boisset takes up the investigation.
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Plot summary
Eugène Vidocq works as a private investigator, and for months he has been chasing a figure known as the Alchemist, who wears a cowl and a mask of mirrors. The chief of police, Lautrennes, had handed Vidocq and his colleague René Nimier the case of Belmont and Veraldi, two owners of a cannon factory who died when lightning struck them; pins hidden in their hats drew the bolt. A servant told the investigators he had been paid by letter to leave the men's jackets uncleaned. Étienne Boisset, a journalist who wants to write Vidocq's life story, approaches Nimier for help and states that he intends to find the killer. He slips into Nimier's office, takes the pins and traces their design to Préah, a brothel dancer and Vidocq's lover, who was also paid by letter to plant them.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Vidocq (2001)
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- Vidocq is the first major fantasy film shot entirely with digital cinematography, using a Sony HDW-F900 CineAlta camera, and Guinness World Records calls it the first full-length feature filmed in digital high resolution.
- Director Pitof's Vidocq was the first feature film shot in digital progressive HDTV at 24 fps (1080p24), beating Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones by one year.
- A few short scenes were shot in DV format (576i25) for artistic purposes, and only those were deinterlaced in post with smart field blending, because the effects crew wanted progressive frames that are easier to process.
- The Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica used clips from the film in the music video for their Cult track "Hope Vol. 2", with Matthias Sayer of Farmer Boys adding extra recorded vocals, and it served as the film's ending theme.
