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* HiredToHuntYourself: See DetectiveMole.
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* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. Somehow {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, because he regularly fails to kill them due to his tendency to look away while shooting them and just leaves them seriously wounded and because he is declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions in the end.
** The film actually ups the kill count, in RealLife Alain Lamare only successfully killed one person due to the aforementioned reason.
** The film actually ups the kill count, in RealLife Alain Lamare only successfully killed one person due to the aforementioned reason.
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* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. Somehow {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, because he regularly fails to kill them due to his tendency to look away while shooting them and just leaves them seriously wounded and because he is declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions in the end.
**end. The film actually ups the kill count, in RealLife Alain Lamare only successfully killed one person due to the aforementioned reason.
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** While the film ups the kill count a little, in RealLife Alain Lamare only successfully killed one person due to the aforementioned reason.
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** While the The film actually ups the kill count a little, count, in RealLife Alain Lamare only successfully killed one person due to the aforementioned reason.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: The story is based on the "[[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Alain_Lamare Alain Lamare Case]]" (1978-1979), a (wannabe) serial killer case.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: The story is based on the "[[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Alain_Lamare Alain Lamare Case]]" (1978-1979), a (wannabe) serial killer case. Events like the BoobyTrap [[ShownTheirWork actually happened]].
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* BasedOnATrueStory: The story is based on the "[[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Alain_Lamare Alain Lamare Case]]" (1978-1979), a serial killer case.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: The story is based on the "[[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Alain_Lamare Alain Lamare Case]]" (1978-1979), a (wannabe) serial killer case.case.
* HiredToHuntYourself: See DetectiveMole.
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* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. Somehow {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, because he regularly fails to kill them and just leaves them seriously wounded and because he is declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions in the end.
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* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. Somehow {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, because he regularly fails to kill them due to his tendency to look away while shooting them and just leaves them seriously wounded and because he is declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions in the end.end.
** While the film ups the kill count a little, in RealLife Alain Lamare only successfully killed one person due to the aforementioned reason.
** While the film ups the kill count a little, in RealLife Alain Lamare only successfully killed one person due to the aforementioned reason.
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''Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart'' (French: ''La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur'') is a 2014 French film directed by Cédric Anger and starring Creator/GuillaumeCanet.
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''Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart'' (French: ''La Prochaine prochaine fois je viserai le cœur'') is a 2014 French film directed by Cédric Anger and starring Creator/GuillaumeCanet.
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* TheAlibi: Franck tries to set up a quite complex alibi. He persuades one of his colleague to simulate a car chase with the serial killer. Since Franck would be one of the cops chasing the serial killer, he could not be the serial killer himself. It fails because other cops see their car chasing nothing.
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* TheAlibi: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Franck tries to set up a quite complex alibi. He persuades one of his colleague to simulate a car chase with the serial killer. Since Franck would be one of the cops chasing the serial killer, he could not be the serial killer himself. It fails because other cops see their car chasing nothing.nobody.
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* TheAlibi: Franck tries to set up a quite complex alibi. He persuades one of his colleague to simulate a car chase with the serial killer. Since Franck would be one of the cops chasing the serial killer, he could not be the serial killer himself. It fails because other cops see their car chasing nothing.
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The story is based on the Alain Lamare case that happened in France in 1978-1979. Franck Neuhart (Canet) is a ''gendarme'' (a French law-enforcement officer) and he is also a serial killer, who kills or seriously wounds young women. As a ''gendarme'', he is even part of the team that works on the serial killer case.
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The story is based on the Alain Lamare case that happened in France in 1978-1979. Franck Neuhart (Canet) is a ''gendarme'' ''[[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif gendarme]]'' (a French law-enforcement officer) and he is also a serial killer, who kills or seriously wounds young women. As a ''gendarme'', he is even part of the team that works on the serial killer case.
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* DetectiveMole: As a ''gendarme'', Franck Neuhart is part of the team that investigates the murders that he committed.
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* DetectiveMole: As a ''gendarme'', ''[[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif gendarme]]'', Franck Neuhart is part of the team that investigates the murders that he committed.
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* InterserviceRivalry: There is a rivalry between two law-enforcement services: the ''Gendarmerie'' and the ''Police judiciaire''. Each service tries to outsmart the other in the search of the serial killer. In particular, Franck Neuhart, who is a ''gendarme'', hates the ''Police''.
* KillerCop: Franck Neuhart is a ''gendarme'' and a serial killer.
* KillerCop: Franck Neuhart is a ''gendarme'' and a serial killer.
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* InterserviceRivalry: There is a rivalry between [[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif two law-enforcement services: services]]: the ''Gendarmerie'' and the ''Police judiciaire''. Each service tries to outsmart the other in the search of the serial killer. In particular, Franck Neuhart, who is a ''gendarme'', hates the ''Police''.
* KillerCop: Franck Neuhart is a''gendarme'' ''[[UsefulNotes/LesCopsSportif gendarme]]'' and a serial killer.
* KillerCop: Franck Neuhart is a
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* BookEnds: In the beginning and in the end of the film, the camera focuses on a photograph of a young woman by David Hamilton that is hanging on a wall in Neuhart's flat.
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* SpeedSex: When Franck makes love with Sophie, it is very quick. Sophie tells him that it does not matter.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Sophie cheats on her husband with Franck, but this is justified because her husband is handicapped because he has syphilis. It is implied that her husband got it because he was unfaithful to her.
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Sophie cheats on her husband with Franck, but this is justified because by the fact that her husband is handicapped because he has syphilis. It is implied that her husband got it because he was unfaithful to her.
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* CarFu: In the opening scence, Franck Neuhart rams the moped of a teenager with his car in order to kill her. She finally falls from her moped and he shoots at her with a gun.
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''Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart'' (French: La ''La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur) cœur'') is a 2014 French film directed by Cédric Anger and starring Creator/GuillaumeCanet.
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* BoobyTrap: Franck Neuhart plants a booby trap in a car that he has stolen. When the cops find the car, one of them is burnt in the explosion.
* GunNut: Franck Neuhart owns many guns. The cops find many of them when they raid his flat.
* InternalReveal: When Neuhart's colleagues realize that he is the serial killer. The audience knew that from the start.
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* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. He regularly fails to kill them and leaves them seriously wounded.
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* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. He Somehow {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, because he regularly fails to kill them and just leaves them seriously wounded.wounded and because he is declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions in the end.
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* AloneWithThePsycho: Happens to the two hitchhikers that Franck Neuhart picks up.
* InterserviceRivalry: There is a rivalry between two law-enforcement services: the ''Gendarmerie'' and the ''Police judiciaire''. Each service tries to outsmart the other in the search of the serial killer. In particular, Franck Neuhart, who is a ''gendarme'', hates the ''Police''.
* RoadBlock: There are road blocks in the region to try to catch the serial killer. After a murder, Franck Neuhart has to ride through one. Then the police chases him.
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* SelfHarm: Franck Neuhart hurts himself: he flogs himself, he has baths of icy water, he hurst himself with barbed wire.
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* SelfHarm: Franck Neuhart hurts himself: he flogs himself, he has baths of icy water, he hurst himself hurts his arm with barbed wire.wire...
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* SympatheticAdulterer: Sophie cheats on her husband with Franck, but this is justified because her husband is handicapped because he has syphilis. It is implied that her husband got it because he was unfaithful to her.
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* TrashOfTheTitans: When the cops raid Franck's flat, it is full of trash.
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* ChekhovsSkill: As part of his self-harm routine, Neuhart has baths of icy water. Later, he uses this skill to escape from the police: he hides out in the icy water of a stream.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Even if he is a psycho killer, Franck Neuhart seems to care for his younger brother. He likes hanging out with him in the woods.
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* ReedSnorkel: Neuhart hides out in the icy water of a stream to escape from the police. He uses a hollow reed to breathe.
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* SelfHarm: Franck Neuhart hurts himself: he flogs himself, he has baths of icy water, he hurst himself with barbed wire.
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* TheyHaveTheScent: The police finds Neuhart's car. They bring dogs to track him. Finally, he hides out in the icy water of a stream and he manages to escape.
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* ActionPrologue: The prologue shows Franck chasing a teenager on a moped and shooting at her, leaving her seriously wounded.
* AxCrazy: Franck Neuhart is deranged (in the end, he is even declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions) and he is a serial killer who kills young women at random.
* AxCrazy: Franck Neuhart is deranged (in the end, he is even declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions) and he is a serial killer who kills young women at random.
* HostileHitchhiker: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Franck Neuhart picks up female hitchhikers to murder them.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the end, a caption tells that Franck Neuhart mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions and that he is still in a mental hospital. It also tells Sophie fell apart when she heard that Franck was a serial killer.
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the end, a caption tells that Franck Neuhart was declared mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions and that he is still in a mental hospital. It also tells Sophie fell apart when she heard that Franck was a serial killer.
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''Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart''(French: Heart'' (French: La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur) is a 2014 French film directed by Cédric Anger and starring Creator/GuillaumeCanet.
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''Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart''(French: La Prochaine fois je viserai le cœur) is a 2014 French film directed by Cédric Anger and starring Creator/GuillaumeCanet.
The story is based on the Alain Lamare case that happened in France in 1978-1979. Franck Neuhart (Canet) is a ''gendarme'' (a French law-enforcement officer) and he is also a serial killer, who kills or seriously wounds young women. As a ''gendarme'', he is even part of the team that works on the serial killer case.
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!!''Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart'' provides examples of:
* TheSeventies: The film is set in 1978-1979 and this time period is accurately reconstructed (the fashion, the cars...).
* BasedOnATrueStory: The story is based on the "[[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Alain_Lamare Alain Lamare Case]]" (1978-1979), a serial killer case.
* DetectiveMole: As a ''gendarme'', Franck Neuhart is part of the team that investigates the murders that he committed.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is based on the novel ''Un assassin au-dessus de tout soupçon'' (1984) by Yvan Stefanovitch, which is based on a real-life case.
* KillerCop: Franck Neuhart is a ''gendarme'' and a serial killer.
* ReverseWhodunnit: From the beginning, the audience knows that Neuhart is the killer. The film is about how he gets caught.
* RomanAClef: The names of the protagonists of the Alain Lamare case have been changed. For example, the serial killer is named Franck Neuhart instead of Alain Lamare.
* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. He regularly fails to kill them and leaves them seriously wounded.
* VillainProtagonist: Franck Neuhart is the protagonist of the film and he is a serial killer.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the end, a caption tells that Franck Neuhart mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions and that he is still in a mental hospital. It also tells Sophie fell apart when she heard that Franck was a serial killer.
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The story is based on the Alain Lamare case that happened in France in 1978-1979. Franck Neuhart (Canet) is a ''gendarme'' (a French law-enforcement officer) and he is also a serial killer, who kills or seriously wounds young women. As a ''gendarme'', he is even part of the team that works on the serial killer case.
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!!''Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart'' provides examples of:
* TheSeventies: The film is set in 1978-1979 and this time period is accurately reconstructed (the fashion, the cars...).
* BasedOnATrueStory: The story is based on the "[[https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affaire_Alain_Lamare Alain Lamare Case]]" (1978-1979), a serial killer case.
* DetectiveMole: As a ''gendarme'', Franck Neuhart is part of the team that investigates the murders that he committed.
* TheFilmOfTheBook: The film is based on the novel ''Un assassin au-dessus de tout soupçon'' (1984) by Yvan Stefanovitch, which is based on a real-life case.
* KillerCop: Franck Neuhart is a ''gendarme'' and a serial killer.
* ReverseWhodunnit: From the beginning, the audience knows that Neuhart is the killer. The film is about how he gets caught.
* RomanAClef: The names of the protagonists of the Alain Lamare case have been changed. For example, the serial killer is named Franck Neuhart instead of Alain Lamare.
* SerialKiller: Franck Neuhart tries to kill several young women in separate incidents. He regularly fails to kill them and leaves them seriously wounded.
* VillainProtagonist: Franck Neuhart is the protagonist of the film and he is a serial killer.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: In the end, a caption tells that Franck Neuhart mentally unfit to stand trial for his actions and that he is still in a mental hospital. It also tells Sophie fell apart when she heard that Franck was a serial killer.
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