When a hold-up goes badly wrong, four criminals take refuge in a
shopping centre which becomes a scene of feverish panic as guns go
off. In the confusion, they shoot a man and take a woman
hostage. To evade capture, they force their way into a car, not
knowing that its driver is a father who is taking his seriously ill son
to hospital. What ensues is a nightmarish chase and the hunted
know that there is no possible hope of return...
From its birth in 1895, cinema has been an essential part of French culture. Now it is one of the most dynamic, versatile and important of the arts in France.