When you churn out features with François Ozon's regularity, it’s inevitable you can sometimes be caught coasting. The Crime is Mine is a fun but forgettable screwball pastiche in which a high-profile murder trial sparks a media frenzy, with echoes of Roxie Hart (1942). Struggling actress Madeleine (Tereszkiewicz) sees the courtroom as the ultimate stage to showcase her talents. She falsely admits to killing a lecherous impresario, enlisting her similarly penniless roommate Pauline (Marder) as her lawyer, in the hope that this will be the break they both need.
