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A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of slum apartment blocks. Aggressive, sexually threatening boys of all ages are everywhere, and while the teacher eventually relents to a gang of adolescent rapists, Victorine gives herself to a rowdy gang of older layabouts, eventually winning the heart of burglar Paul.Read moreLess
A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of slum apartment blocks. Aggressive, sexually threatening boys of all ages are everywhere, and while the teacher eventually relents to a gang of adolescent rapists, Victorine gives herself to a rowdy gang of older layabouts, eventually winning the heart of burglar Paul.
The story
A provocative, seemingly absurd patchwork movie which sends a worthwhile message about hope against all odds, love, children and human understanding. Schoolgirl Victorine has an insane mother and an alcoholic father who can never find his way home in their maze of slum apartment blocks. Aggressive, sexually threatening boys of all ages are everywhere, and while the teacher eventually relents to a gang of adolescent rapists, Victorine gives herself to a rowdy gang of older layabouts, eventually winning the heart of burglar Paul.
Cast & crew
Anouk GrinbergVictorine
Myriam BoyerLa mère / The mother
Olivier MartinezPetit Paul
Marcello MastroianniLe père / The father
Jean-Michel NoireyMaurice Le Garrec
Jean-Pierre MarielleL'homme seul / The lonely man
Claude BrasseurL'enfoiré / The dumb
Denise Chaleml'institutrice
Éva DarlanJeannine
Patrick BouchiteyMarcel, le barman
Charles Schneiderle sergent BoignyExplore the crew
- Director
- Bertrand Blier
- Screenplay
- Bertrand Blier
- Producer
- Patrice Ledoux
- Original Music Composer
- Cheb Khaled
- Director of Photography
- Gérard de Battista
- Editor
- Claudine Merlin