François Ozon’s latest is a period piece about “a bad actress” and a bad or at least unscrupulous lady lawyer who use a false murder accusation as a way to gin up publicity and score feminist points for equality.

Shockingly, the men and “the system” fight back.

Ozon, best known for the musical “Eight Women,” and “The Swimming Pool,” “Young and Beautiful” and the like, cast Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Rebecca Marder as the leads, with Isabelle Huppert, Dany Boon and Fabrice Luchini in the supporting cast.

“The Crime is Mine” opens in limited release Dec. 25.