`Genealogies' wades into French enigma

From: The Boston Globe | Date: May 22, 1998| Author: Jay Carr, Globe Staff | Copyright information

GENEALOGIES OF A CRIME Directed by: Raoul Ruiz Screenplay by: Pascal Bonitzer, Ruiz Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Melvil Poupaud, Andrzej Seweryn, Bernadette LaFont, Monique Melinand At: Coolidge Corner (in French, with subtitles) Running time: 113 minutes Unrated

"Genealogies of a Crime" finds Chilean-born French director Raoul Ruiz working the same tongue-in-cheek vein he explored in "Three Lives and Only One Death," shuttling between merry sparkle and arid, cerebral ...