Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch
Movie Details:
| Country | Canada, Hungary, United States |
| Language | English, French |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Release date | March 15, 2024 |
| Running time | 1hr 24min |
| Age rating | TV-PG |
| Starring | Brooke D’Orsay François Legrand Doug Rand Paloma Coquant Olivier Raynal |
| Directed by | Felipe Rodriguez |
| Written by | Tom McCurrie Stephanie Sourapas |
| Produced by | Phillippe Gasnot Ferenc Pusztai |
| Cinematography by | Ádám Fillenz |
| Edited by | Adam Bokey |
| Music by | Michael Richard Plowman |
| Casting By | Vanda Bánáti Rachel Desmarest |
| Production Design by | Simon Balázs |
| Art Direction by | Julianna Cristescu Olivia Kubatov |
| Set Decoration by | Dorka Kiss |
| Costume Design by | Janka Szokolai |
| Filming locations | Paris, France (certain Paris exteriors) Budapest, Hungary |
| Filming dates | November 28, 2023 – December 19, 2023 |
| Production Company | Cineflix Media Untitled Entertainment |
| Distributor | Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (United States, 2024) (TV) W Network (Canada, 2024) (TV) |
Cast & Characters:
- Brooke D’Orsay as Lauren Elliott
- François Legrand as Virgil St-James
- Doug Rand as Bob Elliott
- Paloma Coquant as Charlotte Gauthier
- Olivier Raynal as Gerard Varenne
- Anastasia Milko as Ondine
- Mohamed Belhadjine as Theo Bord
- David Bowles as Ari
- Martin Budny as Patrick
- Éva Magyar as Diana Feeney
- Vivien Evelin Kovács as Emily
- Alain Van Goethem as Riccardo Dolce
- Sabrina Jakab as Tabi Lee
- Gilles Marini as Andre Dubreuil
- Harry Szovik as Ross Chau
- Anca Similar as Fontaine
- Sandro Nicolini as Thug
Storyline:
In-between jobs, New York City fashion psychologist Lauren Elliott accepts short term work for her best friend Charlotte Gauthier’s new boss, neurotic and high strung Virgil St-James, the successful head designer at Lavigne, a Paris fashion house, in the lead up to the debut of Virgil’s latest collection at Paris Fashion Week. Her accepting the job is despite the comfort she finds only in her hometown of New York City, and not speaking French. Immediately at the end of Virgil’s show, the murdered dead body of someone key at Lavigne is discovered backstage. The murder investigation is led by Inspector Andre Dubreuil of the municipal police. From initial evidence, he takes Charlotte into custody as the key suspect, who he can hold without charge up to forty-eight hours, which doesn’t sit well with Lauren who will do anything to help her friend. Lauren doesn’t understand Andre’s haste in many people having seen to have had words or known to have had issue with the victim prior to the murder, Charlotte not among them. But Andre, in allowing Lauren access to the investigation, does recognize her invaluable assistance not only being a psychologist but being the daughter of a retired police detective, although the two do continue to butt heads in Andre’s need to be by the books for reasons personal to him while Lauren will bend the rules whenever required in that aid to Charlotte. Lauren may not realize the danger she places herself in the closer she gets to discovering the identity of the murderer.