A young American girl at a French boarding school develops a crush on an egotistical sculptor living next door. One night, driving in a drunken stupor, he runs over and kills a man, and she witnesses it.
Acting
Jean Seberg's wide-eyed innocence curdling into horror
Cinematography
Shadowy Paris streets that swallow morality whole
Director
Fabien Collin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jean Seberg was already blacklisted by Hollywood; this French production kept her career alive post-Breathless.
The film captures 1960s Paris caught between American tourism and old-world moral decay—Seberg embodies both.