At the center of this curious and brutal prison drama is Richard Berry, an unemployed actor who is arrested as an accomplice when he comes to the aid of beautiful shoplifter Victoria Abril. While serving a short sentence, he inadvertently gets involved in a prison break during which guard
Richard Bohringer is shot in the knee. When apprehended, Berry becomes the victim of the now-crippled Bohringer's psychotic terrorism. Doing his best to emulate Hollywood, director Denis Amar has come up with a compelling picture that pits two intense personalities in a violent, existential
battle. Like the main character in Robert Bresson's 1984 film L'ARGENT (which is, in all wa...
Released:
1984
Rated:
R
Length:
85 mins