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  • 2005
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  • Sony Pictures Classics
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Summary Angelo Ledda (Decleir) is an international hitman who has been hired to terminate two people in Belgium. Unknown to those around him, Ledda has advanced symptoms of Alzheimers, and this double murder will likely be his last. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Directed By: Erik Van Looy

Written By: Jef Geeraerts, Carl Joos, Erik Van Looy

  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 2 h 3 m
  • 2005
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 2 h 3 m

The Memory of a Killer

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
73
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 8 User Ratings
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Summary Angelo Ledda (Decleir) is an international hitman who has been hired to terminate two people in Belgium. Unknown to those around him, Ledda has advanced symptoms of Alzheimers, and this double murder will likely be his last. (Sony Pictures Classics)

Directed By: Erik Van Looy

Written By: Jef Geeraerts, Carl Joos, Erik Van Looy

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Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 28 Critic Reviews
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100
Without question, the best crime movie of the year--and one of the best movies of any sort now playing.
By Richard Schickel FULL REVIEW
80
Director Erik Van Looy skillfully profiles both the assassin (Jan Decleir, suggesting a tougher, over-the-hill version of Michel Piccoli) and the Antwerp detectives investigating his crimes.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW
80
This is one terrific thriller with several wicked tricks up its sleeve, each more satisfying than the last.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
75
This Belgian crime thriller makes compelling viewing out of a "you can't be serious" plotline.
By Walter Addiego FULL REVIEW
75
As exciting and involving as it is brainy.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
63
This is nothing that a good episode of NYPD Blue hasn't shown myriad times.
By Marta Barber FULL REVIEW
50
Director Erik Van Looy has filmmaking chops to spare, and while he has created a sharply shot and crisply paced film, he isn't able to make it all cohere.
By Mark Olsen FULL REVIEW

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13% Mixed
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Production Company MMG Film & TV Production, PVPictures, TROS Bridge Rights, TV1
Release Date Aug 26, 2005
Duration 2 h 3 m
Rating R
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Website http://ms.skynet.be/alzheimer/
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Awards

Joseph Plateau Awards
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
Cognac Festival du Film Policier
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Ghent International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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