"Perfume" - The story or a murder

"Perfume" is a German movie made in 2005. It's the adaptation of a best seller, which sold million copies around the world. The movie tells the story of Grenouile, a man who was born in the French fish market. He has no soul, no fellings, he only has an unbelievable talent for smelling. He can identify everything without difficulty. For the sake of it he becomes a great perfume maker. One day, when he is preparing one of his creations, he can smell a pretty girl who was walking beside him. He decides to follow her, and then he holds her on his arms and accidentally kills her. When she dies, her smell disappears and now Genouile will try to make a perfume with human essence. So he starts killing pretty girls as his source of material.

As the movie is not a Hollywood blockbuster and it's not a action movie, there are no special effects. But the photography is great, mixing a good combinations of colours and places, which are helped by the wonderful costumes. The best actor performance is by Dustin Hoffman, who plays the role of the master who teaches Grenouille how the perfumes are made.
It's recommended for the ones who like alternative and slow-paced stories. And, do not try to have popcorn during the moving, it can be very disgusting!

Project from
Bruna Francis
Higher 2
Teacher Virgínia

Centro Britânico
Pompéia Branch