Somewhere in rural France, a young English female tourist is sexually assaulted by two men in the countryside. After she manages to escape, a party of local hunters agree to track her in order to cover up the scandal.
Cinematography
Forest becomes suffocating character—every shadow threatens
Acting
Mimsy Farmer's silence screams louder than dialogue
Direction
Leroy's patient hunt direction predates modern survival horror
Director
Serge Leroy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1970s 'rape-revenge' cycle, but Leroy's French rural setting distinguishes it from American grindhouse contemporaries.
Mimsy Farmer, American actress who became French cinema fixture, reportedly did her own stunts in the brutal woodland chase sequences.