

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.
Acting
Vanessa Paradis carries the whole fragile wreck
Direction
Becker lets silence do the screaming
Cinematography
Paris never looked this lonely and blue

Director
Jean Becker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vanessa Paradis was 22 but had already been famous for a decade as a pop star; this was her serious actress pivot.
The film shares DNA with 90s French 'cinéma du look' but rejects its gloss for working-class authenticity—Becker was deliberately reacting against his own stylish 80s work.