Vincke and Verstuyft are the best detectives of the Antwerp police
department. They are confronted with the murder on a leading executive
and put all their effort to catch the murderer.
Director: Erik Van Looy
Writers: Jef Geeraerts (novel), Carl Joos (screenplay)
Stars: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir | See full cast and crew
Storyline
Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp
police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top
official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the
almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. Since Ledda starts showing
symptoms of Alzheimer's, it's getting more and more difficult to
complete his contracts. When he has to murder a 12-year old call-girl,
he refuses and becomes a target himself. While Vincke and Verstuyft are
chasing him and counting the corpses, Ledda is taking care of his
employers.
The Memory of a Killer Movie Reviews
This Belgian film was
titled "The Memory of A Killer" when it played in Austin in September.
Known in Europe as "The Alzheimer Case," it's a police procedural about
an aging hit man with early Alzheimer's who agrees to complete what he
knows is his last assignment. Movies featuring a character with
Alzheimer's are often somber, bittersweet weepers. "The Memory of a
Killer" is nothing like that.
It's a taut, fast-paced noir with a protagonist who lives by the same code as that of Alain Delon in Jean Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" or Jean Gabin in "Touchez Pas Au Grisbi." The hit man Angelo Ledda is portrayed by Belgian actor Jan Decleir. He won his country's top acting award and other European festival honors for his nuanced, empathic performance.
How Ledda knows what's happening to his mind is explained in a way totally credible to anyone who has known someone suffering from this disease. Even as his mind slips away, he retains his morality about certain crimes and that code eventually sends him in directions that surprise and anger his employer. Ledda's crimes and related crimes drive two police investigators - and Ledda - in a race against time. The plot threads become as tangled and mysterious as the tangles in Ledda's diseased mind and unravel in a stunning conclusion.
This film was made by Belgian director Erik Van Looy, whose stylish work won top honors along with Decleir. The film is based on the novel "De Zaak Alzheimer" by popular Belgian detective novelist Jef Geeraerts. Hopefully, it and his other novels will be translated into English. Geeraerts' psychological approach evokes another Belgian writer, the incomparable Georges Simenon. This is the first of Geeraerts' stories to reach the big screen, and Hollywood has bought the rights to a remake. Don't wait; see the original. Decleir's portrayal should not be missed.
It's a taut, fast-paced noir with a protagonist who lives by the same code as that of Alain Delon in Jean Pierre Melville's "Le Samourai" or Jean Gabin in "Touchez Pas Au Grisbi." The hit man Angelo Ledda is portrayed by Belgian actor Jan Decleir. He won his country's top acting award and other European festival honors for his nuanced, empathic performance.
How Ledda knows what's happening to his mind is explained in a way totally credible to anyone who has known someone suffering from this disease. Even as his mind slips away, he retains his morality about certain crimes and that code eventually sends him in directions that surprise and anger his employer. Ledda's crimes and related crimes drive two police investigators - and Ledda - in a race against time. The plot threads become as tangled and mysterious as the tangles in Ledda's diseased mind and unravel in a stunning conclusion.
This film was made by Belgian director Erik Van Looy, whose stylish work won top honors along with Decleir. The film is based on the novel "De Zaak Alzheimer" by popular Belgian detective novelist Jef Geeraerts. Hopefully, it and his other novels will be translated into English. Geeraerts' psychological approach evokes another Belgian writer, the incomparable Georges Simenon. This is the first of Geeraerts' stories to reach the big screen, and Hollywood has bought the rights to a remake. Don't wait; see the original. Decleir's portrayal should not be missed.
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