In this ironic French tale of tragedy and love, Laurent (Yves Montand), a world-weary ex-convict and prison-reform writer is coming back to the dreary town his old prison is in. To someone whose life is so imbued with violence, everything he sees seems like a threat. Indeed, the town appears to be populated solely by thugs and elderly people. The banked fires of his passion are awakened when he sees a perfectly normal looking professional woman (Katherine Ross) coming down the street. Soon afterward, his sense of danger fails him, for he is brutally beaten in a men's restroom by a martial-artist nun. When he is taken for medical treatment, he discovers that the lovely woman he saw earlier is to be his doctor.
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Philippe Labro, Jacques Lanzmann
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Feature film
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FictionSub-genre :
ThrillerProduction language :
FrenchCoproducer countries :
France, ItalyOriginal French-language productions :
UnspecifiedNationality :
Majority French (France, Italy)Production year :
1973French release :
24/04/1974Runtime :
1 h 23 minCurrent status :
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42004Visa issue date :
24/04/1974Approval :
UnknownProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
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