The Great Alibi
5.4
Like every weekend senator Henri Pagès and his wife entertain guests at their beautiful mansion in a peaceful village near Paris. But this time around, things go awry: Pierre Collier, a psychoanalyst and consummate womanizer, is brutally murdered. Claire, his wife, dazed and confused by his corpse, with a smoking gun still in her hand, seems to be the ideal culprit...
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Cast
16 people
Miou-Miou
Eliane Pages
Known for
Dumped
Germinal
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Esther Bachmann
Known for
Human Capital
Like Crazy
Lambert Wilson
Pierre Collier
Known for
Catwoman
Babylon A.D.
Pierre Arditi
Henri Pages
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
La Belle Époque
Anne Consigny
Claire Collier
Known for
Elle
The Returned
Mathieu Demy
Philippe Léger
Known for
Tomboy
Student Services
Maurice Bénichou
Commandant Grange
Known for
Amélie
Caché
Céline Sallette
Marthe
Known for
The Returned
Rust and Bone
Agathe Bonitzer
Chloé
Known for
Osmosis
Right Here Right Now
Dany Brillant
Michel - le chauffeur et factotum de Léa
Also in
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Change of Address
Emmanuelle Riva
Geneviève Herbin
Known for
Amour
Hiroshima Mon Amour
Nicolas Koretzky
Bertrand
Known for
Good Old Daze
Dead Weight
Pascal Bonitzer Director · Jérôme Beaujour Screenplay Agatha Christie Author
Worldwide gross $2.7M · United States release May 5, 2008 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,700,000
Production
UGC Films
Production
Angoa-Agicoa
Production
CinéCinéma
Production
Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
Production
France
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Languages
Original title
Le Grand Alibi
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Czech · French
Release dates
France · April 30, 2008
Theatrical
United States · May 5, 2008
Theatrical
France
February 25, 2019 · TV · Ciné+ Premier
October 1, 2025 · TV · Arte
Germany
October 1, 2025 · TV · arte
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