 Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman
Directed by: Tom Tykwer
Screenplay by: Bernd Eichinger, Andrew Birkin, Tom Tykwer
Release: December 27, 2006
MPAA Rating: R for aberrant behavior involving nudity, violence, sexuality, and disturbing images.
Studio: DreamWorks Pictures
 Domestic: $2,223,293 (1.6%)
Foreign: $132,816,631 (98.4%)
Total: $135,039,924 (Worldwide)
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 Tagline: He lived to find beauty. He killed to possess it.
Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Süskind, "Perfume" is a terrifying story of murder and obsession set in 18th-century France.
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, orphaned as a newborn in the streets of Paris, is alone in the world. A peculiar child who rarely speaks, Grenouille is alienated from others but blessed with a remarkable gift. His sense of smell is so refined, so attuned to every blade of grass and blossoming flower, that it's tragic when he's sold into servitude to a tannery at the age of 13 and surrounded by foul odors accompany his labor.
But there comes a day when Grenouille does an errand in town and discovers the object that will transform his life: perfume. Eager to learn the art of creating sophisticated fragrance, he apprentices himself to a once-renowned perfumer, and proves to be a savant whose almost mystical knowledge of scent surpasses anything that can be taught to him by masters of the craft.
Ironically, he was born with no scent of his own, a distinction which colors his undistinguished life. But Grenouille is fearless when it comes to the pursuit of a perfect perfume. When he discovers the most intoxicating scent he has ever experienced - the natural fragrance of a beautiful young girl - he learns that the only method to preserve her innocence and fresh beauty will require murder.
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