Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

Once again, a film based on a supposedly 'unfilmable' novel.

Bavarian writer Patrick Suskind wrote 'Perfume' in 1985, but refused to sell the rights for 15 years, certain that his book's main theme, smell, could not work in a visual medium. At various stages, Tim Burton, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese and Ridley Scott have been tipped to direct. This one, however, is being helmed by Tom Tykwer, who made the stylish 'Run, Lola, Run'.

It's all about a young man called Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in 1744 with an acute sense of smell. He becomes obsessed with capturing scent after accidentally killing a girl with an irresistible aroma. It's a stylish sensory feast with thespians Alan Rickman and Dustin Hoffman. More