With the ambition to start a boutique overseas but without the means to do so, Nathalie finds herself in a desperate situation, where she would do anything to acquire what she needs. Along with her boyfriend, Eric, and his friend Bruno, she concocts a plan where she seduces clueless men and accompanies them to their places, then allows Eric and Bruno to break in. But the three soon encounter trouble after one of their schemes ends in murder.
Acting
Marie Gillain's chilling blank-slate sociopath energy
Direction
Tavernier's unflinching gaze at moral collapse
Writing
Characters who believe their own scam until they can't
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
Marie Gillain
Nathalie
Olivier Sitruk
Eric
Bruno Putzulu
Bruno
Richard Berry
Alain
Philippe Duclos
Antoine
Marie Ravel
Karine
Clotilde Courau
Patricia
Alain Sarde
Philippe
Daniel Russo
Jean-Pierre
Laurent Klug
Waiter
François Berléand
Insp. Durieux
François Levantal
Un policier
Jeanne Goupil
La mère de Nathalie
Philippe Torreton
Chef de groupe crime
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tavernier cast Marie Gillain after seeing her in a single TV movie; she was 19 and this made her a star.
Part of a wave of 90s French films (like 'La Haine') exploring how consumer desire corrupts working-class youth, but from a crueler, more cynical angle.
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