Le Rat (2001)
Directed by Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri

Horror
aka: The Rat

Film Synopsis

In a shadowy apartment, a rat watches an old man as he goes about his business.  Today looks like being a nice day.  The old man can go out and complete his life's work.  To follow a woman and bring her back home.  To take a part of her body and use it to replace that of his mother, his one true love...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri
  • Script: Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri
  • Cinematographer: Christophe Ali, Nicolas Bonilauri
  • Music: Hubert Persat
  • Cast: Marcel Fix (The old man), Florence Quiqueré (The mother), Elsa Joly (The girl near the river), Isabelle Tesseron (The railway girl), Christophe Ali (The masked man), Alain Keit (Man in black 1), Gilbert Bourson (Man in black 2), Alain Dehret (The rat exterminator), Judith Caen (The prostitute), Jean-Yves Robin (The doctor), Corinne Vionnet (The girl in the cemetary), Claude Vely (The housekeeper), Elisa Bourreau (The rat exterminator's wife), Marion Moulin (The girl in the rain), Serge Biavan (The man in the night-club), Alain Serresseque (The man in the cemetary), Raphaël Estève (The postman), Jean-Claude Biquand (The musician)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 61 min
  • Aka: The Rat

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