Sep 02, 2011 By Chris Tinkham

U.S. audiences might know French actress Ludivine Sagnier best from her work with director François Ozon. Their three-film collaboration began with Water Drops on Burning Rocks, released in 2000, and culminated in 2003 with Swimming Pool, the half-English, half-French-language thriller that featured a bikini-clad Sagnier front and center on its advertising art. In a climate that’s been increasingly difficult for foreign-language films to find distribution in the States, Sagnier, one of France’s most well-known and respected actresses, has been a fixture in U.S. art houses over the last decade. Yet, she has resisted the lure of Hollywood; her occasional forays into English-language films have been for international directors. Sagnier’s dynamic, multilayered performance in Alain Corneau’s psychological thriller, Love Crime, will only amplify the overtures of American filmmakers. More