After leaving boxing, Stéphane is employed as a bodyguard for a politician. One night, Stéphane and his friend Pierre-Marie confront some belligerent billposters. Pierre-Marie is murdered. For Stéphane, the anger is so strong that he pursues the murderer, who dies accidentally. Accused of the crime, Stéphane seeks help from a journalist, who will help him get his side of the story heard.
Acting
Ferrara's physicality—he punches the screen into submission.
Cinematography
Paris at 3am, all wet streets and moral rot.
Director
Sergio Gobbi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ferrara was a real boxer before acting; Gobbi cast him after seeing him lose a match spectacularly.
This flopped so hard it ended Gobbi's theatrical career—he spent his remaining years in TV movies that nobody remembers either.
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