A criminal shows up at a farmhouse with the law on his heels and several million dollars in his possession.
Acting
Marvin's weathered menace against Miou-Miou's quiet resistance.
Direction
Boisset lets dread seep through ordinary rural spaces.
Director
Yves Boisset
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marvin demanded his role be rewritten with minimal dialogue, creating Cobb's oppressive silence.
Boisset intended this as a commentary on creeping Americanization of French crime cinema; instead it became a cult oddity.
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