Roxana's Hands

Roxana's Hands

2013 · 95 min · ★ 4.5 · Crime, Drama, Thriller, TV Movie

Roxana Orlac, a famous violinist, loses the use of her hands in a terrible lift accident. Her career as a virtuoso seems to be over until Professor Christansen offers her a transplant of two new hands. What he omits to tell her is that the two hands in question belonged to a woman who murdered her own children. When unexplained incidents happen, followed by a murder in Roxana's entourage, she starts to wonder whether her new hands may be committing crimes of which she's unaware. Police Capitain Almeida, in charge of the investigation, falls in love with Roxana, but she remains the prime suspect. Is it possible that Roxana's hands are urging Roxana to do terrible things she's not even conscious of? Or is she the victim of some terrible plot?

Directed by Philippe Setbon · Written by Philippe Setbon

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Sylvie Testud Roxana Orlac
Loup-Denis Elion Éric Almeida
Micky Sébastian Elena Orlac
Anne Canovas Commissioner Laure Demsky
Anna Cottis Emily Lovejoy
Gérard Desarthe Professor Richard Bremmer
Coline Leclère Mina Orlac-Berger
Jean-Marie Winling Professor Bernard Christiansen
Sylvie Granotier Marjorie Denker
Richard Sammel Joachim Berger
Anton Yakovlev Alexander Blok
Bénédicte Loyen Livia Van Heusden

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