A Paris flea market vendor is transformed into a vigilante after his fiancée is murdered by three vicious thugs on a commuter train. As the revenge-minded young man tracks the killers, a veteran police inspector leads a parallel investigation.
Acting
Gérard Lanvin's simmering everyman desperation
Direction
Missiaen's unglamorous, documentary-style violence
Director
Jean-Claude Missiaen
Gérard Lanvin
Antoine Beranger
Véronique Jannot
Carine Ferrand
Michel Constantin
Alexandre Gagnon
Mario David
Felix Pejat
Steve Kalfa
Jegou
Dominique Pinon
Daniel Verlot
Janine Magnan
Solange Ferrand
Pierre Londiche
Raoul Ferrand
Roland Blanche
Michel Poubennec
Jean-Roger Milo
Samson Balestra
Roland Amstutz
Francis Colletin
Cathy Bodet
Collette Dupre
Patricia Millardet
Anne-Marie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dominique Pinon's first credited film role—he'd later become Jeunet's muse in Amélie and Delicatessen.
Shot Pattern arrived during France's 'banlieue' panic of the early 80s, when suburban crime dominated headlines and political discourse.
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