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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a French village in the Lyon area. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices in order to prepare the true murder. Meanwhile, Lulu also sets out to murder Jojo.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a French village in the Lyon area. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but.but, and Jojo cannot ask for divorce since the farm technically belongs to Lulu, who inherited it from her family. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices in order to prepare the true murder. Meanwhile, Lulu also sets out to murder Jojo.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Lulu and Jojo didn't marry out of love to begin with, and Lulu progressively made Jojo's life a hell as time passed. The only solace Jojo has is his stamps collection.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Lulu and Jojo didn't marry out of love to begin with, and Lulu progressively made Jojo's life a hell as time passed. Jojo can't divorce lest he wants to end up with nothing. The only solace Jojo has is his stamps collection.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell. She insults him everyday, deliberately sabotages his farm work, burns his stamps collection, puts an overdose of salt in his soup telling him she peed in it, and so on and so forth.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell. She insults him everyday, deliberately sabotages his farm work, burns his stamps collection, puts an overdose of salt in his soup telling him she peed in it, and so on and so forth. Jojo does respond with pranks in turn, but he goes nowhere as far as Lulu.
* NiceGuy: Jojo is a peaceful farmer far from exhibiting the same jerkassery as his wife. Too bad his life is hell.
* NiceGuy: Jojo is a peaceful farmer far from exhibiting the same jerkassery as his wife. Too bad his life is hell.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell. She insults him everyday, deliberately sabotages his farm work, burns his stamps collection and so on and so forth.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell. She insults him everyday, deliberately sabotages his farm work, burns his stamps collection collection, puts an overdose of salt in his soup telling him she peed in it, and so on and so forth.
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* TheEighties: The story is set in 1980, when death penalty wasn't abolished yet -- it happened one year later.
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* TheEighties: The story is set in 1980, when death penalty wasn't abolished in France yet -- it happened one year later.
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* TilMurderDoUsPart: Both Jojo and Lulu plan to kill each other (Jojo because Lulu makes his life a hell, and Lulu because it's the culmination of her hatred of her husband and jerkass behavior). It's Lulu who bites it, eventually.
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* TilMurderDoUsPart: Both Jojo and Lulu secretely plan to kill each other one another (Jojo because Lulu makes his life a hell, and Lulu because it's the culmination of her hatred of her husband and jerkass behavior). It's Lulu who bites it, eventually.
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* SustainedMisunderstanding: The only person Lulu is nice to is her physiotherapist, named Jacky. He's so good at doing massages to her that she almost has orgasms. It turns out Jojo's BestFriend is also named Jacky, and that Jacky advises Jojo to have Lulu have sex so her behavior could improve (not implying Jojo or someone else should do it). One night, Jojo hears Lulu [[TalkingInYourSleep talk in her sleep]] about "Jacky" and his hands, and happily thinks his friend had sex with her. He keeps thinking that for the remainder of the film, not aware that she was referring to her physiotherapist.
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''A Crime in Paradise'' (French:''Un crime au Paradis'') is a 2001 French BlackComedy film directed by Jean Becker, [[TheRemake adapted]] by Sébastien Japrisot from the 1951 film ''La Poison'' by Sacha Guitry, and starring Creator/JacquesVilleret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier and Creator/GerardHernandez.
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''A Crime in Paradise'' (French:''Un (French: ''Un crime au Paradis'') is a 2001 French BlackComedy film directed by Jean Becker, [[TheRemake adapted]] by Sébastien Japrisot from the 1951 film ''La Poison'' by Sacha Guitry, and starring Creator/JacquesVilleret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier and Creator/GerardHernandez.
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* TilMurderDoUsPart: Both Jojo and Lulu plan to kill each other (Jojo because Lulu makes his life a hell, and Lulu because it's the culmination of her hatred of her husband). It's Lulu who bites it, eventually.
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* TilMurderDoUsPart: Both Jojo and Lulu plan to kill each other (Jojo because Lulu makes his life a hell, and Lulu because it's the culmination of her hatred of her husband).husband and jerkass behavior). It's Lulu who bites it, eventually.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a French rural village in the Lyon area. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices in order to prepare the true murder. Meanwhile, Lulu also sets out to murder Jojo.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a French rural village in the Lyon area. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices in order to prepare the true murder. Meanwhile, Lulu also sets out to murder Jojo.
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* CatchphraseInsult: Lulu always insults Jojo with "Couille sèche!" (translation: "Dry ball"/"dry testicle").
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell. She insults him every day, deliberately sabotages his farm work, burns his stamps collection and so on and so forth.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell. She insults him every day, everyday, deliberately sabotages his farm work, burns his stamps collection and so on and so forth.
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* TilMurderDoUsPart: Both Jojo and Lulu plan to kill each other (Jojo because Lulu makes his life a hell, and Lulu because it's the culmination of her hatred of her husband). It's Lulu who bites it, eventually.
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* DyingDream: Before Lulu's death, Jojo dreams of being condemned to death for her murder. The dream stops just as his head is put under the [[OffWithHisHead guillotine's blade]].
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* DyingDream: Before Lulu's death, Jojo dreams of being [[DeathRow condemned to death death]] for her murder. The dream stops just as his head is put under the [[OffWithHisHead guillotine's blade]].
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* TheEighties: The story is set in 1980, when death penalty wasn't abolished yet -- it happened one year later.
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* DyingDream: Before Lulu's death, Jojo dreams of being condemned to death for her murder. The dream stops just as his head is put under the [[OffWithHisHead guillotine's blade]].
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* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: An odd case since Jojo goes to the lawyer to confess a murder he hasn't committed yet, in order to hear the lawyer's advices and better stage Lulu's death.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Lulu sexually assaulted Jojo when they were younger, and she coerced him into marrying her.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Lulu sexually assaulted Jojo when they were younger, and then she coerced him into marrying her.
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* TheAlcoholic: Lulu drinks all the time and has the characteristic red features of it on her face.
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* TheAlcoholic: Lulu drinks booze all the time and has the characteristic red features of it on her face.
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* GraveMarkingScene: Lulu often visits the grave of her deceased sister to tell her about the latest nasty prank she pulled on Jojo.
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* TheAlcoholic: Lulu drinks all the time.
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* TheAlcoholic: Lulu drinks all the time.time and has the characteristic red features of it on her face.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices in order to prepare the true murder. Meanwhile, Lulu also sets out to murder Jojo.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a French rural village in the Lyon region.area. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices in order to prepare the true murder. Meanwhile, Lulu also sets out to murder Jojo.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices. Meanwhile, Lulu sets out to poison Jojo.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices. advices in order to prepare the true murder. Meanwhile, Lulu also sets out to poison murder Jojo.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"). One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices. Meanwhile, Lulu sets out to poison Jojo.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise").Paradise"), but life there is anything but. One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices. Meanwhile, Lulu sets out to poison Jojo.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell with insults, deliberately sabotages of his farm work, burns his stamps collection and so on and so forth.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell with insults, hell. She insults him every day, deliberately sabotages of his farm work, burns his stamps collection and so on and so forth.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Lulu and Jojo didn't marry out of love to begin with, and Lulu progressively made Jojo's life a hell as time passed.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Lulu and Jojo didn't marry out of love to begin with, and Lulu progressively made Jojo's life a hell as time passed. The only solace Jojo has is his stamps collection.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell with insults and deliberate sabotaging insults, deliberately sabotages of his farm work.work, burns his stamps collection and so on and so forth.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Lulu and Jojo didn't marry out of love to begin with, and Lulu progressively made Jojo's life a hell as time passed.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: Lulu sexually assaulted Jojo when they were younger, and she coerced him into marrying her.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lulu tries killing Jojo with a bread knife during the dinner the night after Jojo told the lawyer he killed her and sought advices. A struggle ensues, she ends up stabbed and dies.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Lulu tries poisoning Jojo, by putting rodenticide in his wine. She dies before Jojo has the chance to drink it however, and it's an unfortunate cop who ends up drinking it during the investigation on the crime scene.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Lulu tries poisoning Jojo, by putting rodenticide in his wine. She dies before Jojo has the chance occasion to drink it however, and it's an unfortunate cop who ends up drinking it during the investigation on the crime scene.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Lulu tries poisoning Jojo, by putting rodenticide in his wine. It's an unfortunate cop who ends up drinking it during the investigation on the crime scene.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Lulu tries poisoning Jojo, by putting rodenticide in his wine. It's She dies before Jojo has the chance to drink it however, and it's an unfortunate cop who ends up drinking it during the investigation on the crime scene.
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* IronicNickname: The farm is called "The Paradise", but it's actually hell there for Jojo due to his wife tormenting him.
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* AssholeVictim: Lulu ends up dead, but no-one misses her afterwards.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell with insults and deliberate sabotaging of his farm work.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes poor Jojo's life a hell with insults and deliberate sabotaging of his farm work.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier and his wife Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic, live an awful married life, in their farm called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"). One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife. Meanwhile, Lulu sets out to poison him.
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The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier and his wife is an unhappy farmer who's married to Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic, live an awful married life, in their alcoholic who torments him everyday with nasty pranks and insults. Their farm is called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"). One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife. wife, then listens to the lawyer's advices. Meanwhile, Lulu sets out to poison him.Jojo.
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!!''A Crime in Paradise'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Lulu drinks all the time.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes Jojo's life a hell with insults and deliberate sabotaging of his farm work.
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!!''A Crime in Paradise'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Lulu drinks all the time.
* {{Jerkass}}: Lulu is a nasty piece of work who makes Jojo's life a hell with insults and deliberate sabotaging of his farm work.
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''A Crime in Paradise'' (French:''Un crime au Paradis'') is a 2001 French BlackComedy film directed by Jean Becker, [[TheRemake adapted]] by Sébastien Japrisot from the 1951 film ''La Poison'' by Sacha Guitry, and starring Creator/JacquesVilleret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier and Creator/GerardHernandez.
The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier and his wife Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic, live an awful married life, in their farm called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"). One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife. Meanwhile, Lulu sets out to poison him.
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''A Crime in Paradise'' (French:''Un crime au Paradis'') is a 2001 French BlackComedy film directed by Jean Becker, [[TheRemake adapted]] by Sébastien Japrisot from the 1951 film ''La Poison'' by Sacha Guitry, and starring Creator/JacquesVilleret, Josiane Balasko, André Dussollier and Creator/GerardHernandez.
The story takes place in 1980, in Saint-Julien-sur-Bibost, a rural village in the Lyon region. Joseph "Jojo" Braconnier and his wife Lucienne "Lulu", a nagging shrew and alcoholic, live an awful married life, in their farm called "Le Paradis" ("The Paradise"). One day, Jojo hears of a brilliant lawyer who has just achieved his twenty-fifth acquittal. Very impressed, Jojo seeks the lawyer out and tells him he killed his wife. Meanwhile, Lulu sets out to poison him.
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