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Overview
After the death of his parents, Pierre is forced to care for his younger sister Nathalie by committing petty crimes. In a recurring motif of Gérard Blain’s cinema, Pierre is taken under the wing of an older gay man, Hubert , who offers him work and financial security; but when Hubert makes advances to him, Pierre robs him and takes up with a group of radical leftists who are planning terrorist attacks. Without employment, Pierre loses Nathalie to child services and spirals into desperation, finally erupting in an act of horrific violence. An x-ray showing the largely undiagnosed sickness of its time, and a stern warning to ours.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 12, 1980
- Original language
- French
- Spoken languages
- German
- Production
- R.O.C.
- Cast
- Jean-Jacques Aublanc,Françoise Michaud,Alain Jérôme,Patrick Norbert,Michel Subor,Isabelle Rosais
- Director
- Gérard Blain
- Writer
- André Debaecque,Gérard Blain
- Cinematography
- Emmanuel Machuel
- Music
- Catherine Lara
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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