Nicolas Lanson, a young stockbroker, lives a fast life of money and luxury until the day his high-risk initiatives cause the fall of the bank. He flees with a price on his head. On the run, Nicolas meets Charlotte, pregnant for a man who doesn't want her. Although Nicolas isn't her type, Charlotte seduces him once she discovers his identity. Little does Nicolas know, Charlotte is not leading them to see her brother, but an older lover who just happens to be a cop.
Direction
Desrosières' nervy handheld urgency.
Acting
Mathieu Demy's unraveling physicality.
Director
Antoine Desrosières
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mathieu Demy is son of legendary Agnès Varda and Jacques Demy — making this quite the family career pivot.
Shot during the dot-com bubble's peak paranoia, the film's financial anxiety now reads as eerily prophetic of 2008.