La bête noire
Released: June 15, 1983Runtime: 102 minLanguage: FR
In this creatively organized story of one "delinquent," director Patrick Chaput has put together a well-paced drama/thriller set in part against the dark by-ways of Paris. Seventeen-year-old Daniel grew up in foster homes in a rural area and those years contrast with his later youth in Paris. A filmmaker opts to interview Daniel for a documentary on delinquency, and that is how the young man's past and precarious present start coming to light.
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Richard Bohringer
as Yves Boissieu
Philippe Sfez
as Daniel
Sabine Haudepin
as Karen
Georges Geret
as M. Guyot
Jean Bouise
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Bernadette Lafont
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Eddie Constantine
as Le patron du bar américain
Isabelle Sadoyan
as Mme Guyot
Nini Crepon
as Robert
Catherine Gandois
as La mère de Daniel
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