

After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister. Both of them fall prey to a womanizing mechanic with psychopathic tendencies.
Direction
Melville's early style before he became THE Melville.
Acting
Gréco's haunted stillness vs. Lemaire's oily charm.

Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Melville funded this himself after studios rejected it; he sold his car and borrowed from friends.
Juliette Gréco was already a Left Bank icon—her casting brought existentialist cred to this pulp material.