Director : Eric BesnardActors : Vincent Elbaz, Ticky Holgado, Bruno Putzulu, Jurgen Vogel, François Berléand, Pascale Arbillot, Jean-Claude Dauphin, Édouard Montoute, Yvon Back, Denise Chalem, Samir Guesmi, Diouc KomaFeature film, Fiction Production language : French Nationality : Majority French French release : 7/21/99 Runtime : 1h 30mn Current status : Released Associate production company : Mandarin CinémaCo-production : Schlemmer Film, TSF, France 2 Cinéma, Esicma Film export/Foreign Sales : UGC International Synopsis A room, a bed, a weary man with his finger on the trigger.
The revolver is pointed at his head. The hammer clicks on an empty chamber—apparently the man's time hasn't come yet. Ian, however, doesn't feel like living. This old Russian clown, adrift in a wretched hotel, thought he'd reached the end of the trail. Shots ring out in the hallway. A man rushes into Ian's room and collapses, dead, on the bed. The next instant, his pursuers burst into the room. The old clown lifts his revolver in self-defense—a survival reflex which triggers a long chase. Although Ian wanted to die, danger now gives him the strength to fight back. And he's no longer alone, since he has to save the hide of Lucas, a young priest who took him in after discovering him wounded in the street. The noose begins to tighten around the necks of the two runaways. But a clown's smile is not always kindly Festival selections | 
