THE PERFUMER

SYNOPSIS

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) was born in the middle of the stench ofthe remains of fish from a market and was abandoned by his mother in the trash.The Authority took charge of the baby and sentenced his mother to be hanged. The boy grew up in the hostile environment of a hospice, nobody wanted himand even his companions tried to assassinate him. There was something thatmade him different: it had no smell. However, Jean-Baptiste had an exceptionalsense of smell. At age 20 get work for the perfumer Baldini (Dustin Hoffman),who teaches him to distill essences. But he wants to catch other odors: that of Crystal, copper... but, above all, certain women. In Exchange for hundreds of formulas of new fragrances that Baldini could become rich, this will write a letter of recommendation so you can learn the art of enfleurage at the world capital of perfume: Grasse. Once there, achieved its goal: a magnificent perfume whichingredient is the essence of young girls.

Address: Tom Tykwer.

Countries: Germany, France and Spain.
Year: 2006.
Duration: 147 min.
Genre: Drama, thriller.
Cast: Ben Whishaw (Jean-Baptiste Grenouille), Alan Rickman (Antoine Richis),Rachel Hurd-Wood (Laura Richis), Dustin Hoffman (Giuseppe Baldini), Simón Chandler (largest in Grasse), Jessica Schwarz (Natalie), Sian Thomas (madame Gaillard), Sam Douglas (Grimal), Corinna Harfouch (madame Arnulfi).
Screenplay: Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger and Tom Tykwer; based on the novel"perfume" Patrick Süskind.
Production: Bernd Eichinger.
Music: Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek.
Photography: Frank made.
Editor: Alexander Berner.
Production designer: Uli Hanisch.
Costumes: Pierre-Yves Gayraud.