Le crime du 3e étage

'Le crime du 3e étage' is a French comedy written and directed by Rémi Bezançon. It is produced by SND, which also distributes the film in its country of origin, where it debuts on March 11, 2026.

François is a misanthropic writer of crime novels who feels more at home in his fictions than in real life. His books are filled with murders, disguises, suspects and twists in the style of classic mystery stories, but his everyday life has become grey, routine and somewhat ridiculous. His wife, Colette, is a university professor and a renowned specialist in the cinema of Alfred Hitchcock, which makes her an obsessive observer of details, framings and suspicious behaviors.

One day, Colette believes she has witnessed something in the building across the street: she is convinced that the new neighbor has murdered his wife. François, more accustomed to inventing crimes than to investigating them, is skeptical. However, Colette's suspicion ends up dragging them into an improvised investigation, as clumsy as it is dangerous, in which the couple begins to behave as if they were living inside one of the books François writes.

As they spy on the neighbor, follow dubious leads and face increasingly absurd misunderstandings, the supposed crime also becomes a way of examining their own marriage.

'Le crime du 3e étage' stars Gilles Lellouche, Laetitia Casta and Guillaume Gallienne and is a parody of investigation cinema, with references to Hitchcock and metacinema, blending French humor with romantic comedy.

• Crime
• Comedy