Bas-fonds (2010)
Directed by Isild Le Besco

Drama

Film Synopsis

On the edge of civilisation live three young women - Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara.  Steeped in alcohol, they are bound to one another by desire and loathing, trapped in a complex game of domination and love.  Magalie, the leader, subjugates the other two with her bestial charisma and masculine power.  The simple-minded Marie-Steph is easily dominated, and so is her friend Barbara, who is unaware of her physical beauty.  One day, out of boredom, the three women decide to hold up a baker's shop.  Having shot the shop's owner dead, they flee, and their life soon resumes its normal course as though nothing had happened...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Isild Le Besco
  • Script: Isild Le Besco
  • Cinematographer: Thomas Bataille, Jowan Le Besco
  • Music: Alain Chamfort, Léonor Graser
  • Cast: Valérie Nataf (Magalie Pichon), Ginger Roman (Barbara), Noémie Le Carrer (Marie-Stéphane Pichon), Gustave de Kervern (L'amant), Ingrid Leduc (La boulangère), Benjamin Le Souef (Le boulanger), Benjamin Belkhodja (Le petit ami de Barbara), Alain Ollivier (Le président du tribunal), François Toumarkine (Le père de Magalie et de Marie-Steph), Christine Pignet (La mère de Magalie et Marie-Steph), Jean-Paul Bonnaire (Le père de Barbara), Samuel Sogno (Brian, héros de soap), Ann Niemans (Stella, héroïne de soap), Nadia Szold (La pendue), Catherine Belkhodja (Témoin), Vincent Denis (Gendarme), Hadrien Leconte (Gendarme), Isild Le Besco (La narratrice)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 68 min

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