Summary
Whilst reporting on a rugby match in Biarritz, sportswriter
Jérôme Thomas meets a strange young woman in a bar.
The woman, Paula, appears confused and persuades Jérôme to
take her back to his home in Paris. Jérôme later
learns that his mysterious protégée is the stepdaughter of
Hugo Michelli, a wealthy impresario. Paula becomes
anxious that someone is following her and then suddenly goes
missing. Jérôme is incredulous when he reads a
newspaper account of Paula’s death in a road accident. Suspecting
foul play, he begins his own investigation...
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Credits
- Director: Michel Deville
- Script: Nina Companéez, Michel Deville
- Photo: Claude Lecomte
- Music: Jean-Jacques Debout
- Cast: Ewa Swann (Paula), Philippe Avron (Jerôme Thomas), Bruno Cremer (Hugo Michelli), Alexandra Stewart (Eve), Michel Duchaussoy (Dimitri), Yves Brainville (Le commissaire), Gérard Desarthe (Bambi), Jacques Destoop (Eterlou), Anny Duperey (Aglaé), Jean Eskenazi (Ménélasse)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 100 min
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