Perfume [videorecording (DVD)] : the story of a murderer / Constantin Film Produktion GmbH ; VIP 4 Medienfonds ; Davis-Films ; Rising Star [in co-production with] Nouvelles Éditions de Films, Castelao Producciones S.A. ; produced by Bernd Eichinger, Gigi Oeri ; screenplay by Andrew Birkin & Bernd Eichinger & Tom Tykwer ; directed by Tom Tykwer.
Title from container. Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alan Rickman, John Hurt. Originally released as a motion picture in 2006. Based on the novel "Das parfum" by Patrick Süskind. Special features: The story of Perfume.
Summary:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born under his mother's table at the fish market, onto a pile of muddy fish guts, establishing from the beginning his repulsion for putrid scents. A childhood of neglect and, later, a job at a tannery, encourage Jean-Baptiste to develop his olfactory sense rather than his verbal skills. When an opportunity to prove his worth to Parisian perfumist, Giuseppe Baldini, it results in his immediate hire into a promising new career. His successes in perfume mixing are negated by a blinding obsession for capturing the sublime beauty of human soul, which in his twisted logic requires the killing of young women to reduce their body fats to essential oils for the ultimate perfume.
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