Charlotte, a woman in her early thirties, is a fugitive from her own life.
With no where to go, she drives aimlessly around France in her car.
On a deserted stretch of road miles from anywhere, she encounters a hitchhiker,
a slightly older man called Max, and offers him a lift. A short while
later, they stop at a roadside diner, and then Max mysteriously goes missing.
Puzzled by her new friend's disappearance, Charlotte returns to the diner
later that evening and is surprised by the strange-looking woman who runs
the bar. The latter calls herself La Spack and she has in her care
a bizarre pack. Charlotte is totally unprepared for the ordeal that
lies ahead of her as she finds herself projected into her worst nightmare...
Cast:Yolande Moreau (La Spack),
Émilie Dequenne (Charlotte Massot),
Benjamin Biolay (Max),
Philippe Nahon (Chinaski),
Matthias Schoenaerts (Le Gothique en toc),
Ian Fonteyn (Tofu),
Georges Lini (Motard 1),
Philippe Résimont (Motard 2),
Brice Fournier (Motard 3 (John Grizzly)),
Nicolas Leroy (Golem 1),
Mathieu Bouteligier (Golem 2),
François Doms (Golem 3),
Benoît Vivien (Golem 4),
Eric Godon (Jean-Jean),
Joris Strickx (Blé),
Mamy Camara (Mort),
Boris Van Wambeke (Enfant),
Jean-Marie Barbier (Vieux station),
Alexia De Coster (Femme bar),
Boris Chevrier (Doublure Benjamin infirmier)
Country: France / Belgium
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 85 min
Aka:The Pack
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
With so many great films to choose from, it's nigh on impossible to compile a short-list of the best 15 French films of all time - but here's our feeble attempt to do just that.
From Jean Renoir to François Truffaut, French cinema has no shortage of truly great filmmakers, each bringing a unique approach to the art of filmmaking.
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.