During an orgy, Some old and wealthy notables are being murdered by a small group of leftist young revolutionaries. Very soon the police are tracking down Virgile Cabral, the leader of the group. Meanwhile, Virgile's brother and only relative, Vincent, a violinist (and a thief), comes back to Paris. They have not seen each other for three years. Vincent does not believe in the revolution. He only tries to live as he wishes to live. But by looking for his hunted down brother, he has no other choice than to be involved in a fight that is not his.
Direction
Mocky directs himself with gleeful self-destructive energy.
Production
1970 Paris captured in sweaty, claustrophobic interiors.
Director
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Vincent Cabral
Sylvie Bréal
Micheline
René-Jean Chauffard
Le rouquin
Marcel Pérès
Le maître d'hôtel
Alain Fourès
Éric
Henri Poirier
Le commissaire Verdier
Christian Duvaleix
L'inspecteur Larrighi
Rudy Lenoir
Le maître d'hôtel russe
Roger Lumont
Le garçon de café indicateur
Dominique Zardi
Le juge d'instruction
Jean Aron
Le client terrifié du Petit Chef
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the hangover of May 1968, this captures the disillusionment when revolutionary fervor curdled into factional violence and personal betrayal.
Mocky was a notorious French New Wave troublemaker who loved casting himself as morally compromised protagonists—this might be his most self-lacerating performance.
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