With a heavy haul of 250 kilograms of gold bullion, the grizzled criminal mastermind, Rhino, and his ruthless gang of cutthroats, head to a ramshackle retreat somewhere in the Mediterranean to lay low on a scorching day of July. However, the unexpected and rather unwelcome arrival of the bohemian writer, Bernier, his muse, Luce, along with a pair of no-joke gendarmes further complicates things, as the frail allegiances will soon be put to the test.
Cinematography
Every shot is a giallo-soaked painting on fire.
Direction
Cattet and Forzani weaponize style itself.
Sound
Gunshots hit like musical crescendos.
Director
Hélène Cattet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cattet and Forzani spent years restoring vintage 35mm giallo films before directing, explaining their obsessive grain-perfect aesthetic.
The film adapts Jean-Patrick Manchette's pulp novel but discards his political cynicism for pure sensory overload—some critics called it a betrayal, others liberation.
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