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
Mimsy Farmer
Helen Wells
Jean-Luc Bideau
Philippe Mansart
Michael Lonsdale
David Sutter
Michel Constantin
Le capitaine Nimier
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Albert Danville
Philippe Léotard
Paul Danville
Paul Crauchet
Rollin
Michel Robin
Chamond
Gérard Darrieu
Maurois
Françoise Brion
Françoise Sutter
Georges Géret
Le braconnier
Michel Fortin
Le chauffeur de taxi
Béatrice Costantini
Fernande
Françoise Giret
Mme Leulliot
Gisèle Grandpré
Mme Paulette
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.
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