Summary
Having been convicted for a crime which he insists was an accident,
Constant escapes from the prison where he is being held. His
arduous flight across town takes him to a deserted spot where he finds
shelter on an abandoned barge. The next morning, a young woman
recognises him as the escaped convict and makes him a strange
proposal. She will not give him away to the police if he will
murder her adoptive mother...
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Credits
- Director: Isabelle Mergault
- Script: Jean-Pierre Hasson, Isabelle Mergault
- Photo: Jérôme Alméras
- Music: Cecilem
- Cast: Daniel Auteuil (Constant), Sabine Azéma (Jeanne), Medeea Marinescu (Silvia), Ariane Pirié (Martha), Anne-Sophie Germanaz (Mauricette), Jean-Louis Barcelona (Éric), Christian Sinniger (Horace), Julien Cafaro (Victor), Géraldine Bonnet-Guérin (Alexia), Jacques Sanchez (Vincent), Bernard Alane (Le docteur Harvey), Gilles Vajou (Lulu), Timothé Riquet (Lucas), Norbert Ferrer (Le gardien de prison), Dominique Tufano (Le policier à l’hôpital), Laurence Badie (Margot), Renato Murgida (L’agent de police), Marie Battini (Nadège), Nils Revilliod (Le guichetier à la gare), Marie Lenoir (La voisine), Roland Copé (Le patron du bistot), Tom Morton (Anthony), Christian Gazio (Le prisonnier TV #1), Choukri Gabteni (Le prisonnier TV #2), Isabelle Tanakil (Françoise), Michel Crémadès (L’homme à l’arrêt de bus), Tadrina Hocking (Mme Lebrun), Arnaud Romain (Le présentateur TV), Daisy Sanchez (La mère de Lucas)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min
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