The thief: a gangster on the lam, is waiting for a boat which is to sail away from this harbor,a dead end. The liar: a young woman he meets in a restaurant tells him the story of her life based on the screenplay of a movie she was to make. They fall head over heels in love. The convict who has just escaped from jail wants to keep her out of his predicament, but after a night of desperate love, she refuses to leave him.And the police are tracking him down.
Acting
Mathilda May commits fully to unhinged monologue energy.
Production
Harbor fog and neon-drenched diners scream 90s Euro-aesthetic.
Director
Paul Boujenah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mathilda May was fresh off her controversial nude alien role in Lifeforce (1985) and leaning hard into femme fatale typecasting.
This embodies the 'polar déprimé' trend—French crime films so bleak they make noir look cheerful. Boujenah was chasing Jean-Jacques Beineix's neon-soaked legacy and face-planted.
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