Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.
Acting
Auteuil's hollowed-out exhaustion—he looks like he smells of bad coffee.
Cinematography
Menges shoots London like a bruise, all sodium yellow and moral fog.
Director
Chris Menges
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Menges, legendary cinematographer (The Killing Fields), directed only three features—this was his last.
The film was slashed by distributors; its unflinching gaze at elite complicity made it unreleasable in America.
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