Coup de sang (2006)
Directed by Jean Marboeuf

Drama

Film Synopsis

Times hangs heavy on Monsieur Valois.  A retired widower, he has nothing to do but watch the world go by.  As he watches, his impression of the world changes.  He begins to see that what he has thought was happiness is a mere illusion, a cloak that masks the true reality of a miserable existence.  Life is  an aberration, something that is inherently bad, he concludes, and sets out to prove the point by committing a murder...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean Marboeuf
  • Script: Jean Marboeuf
  • Cinematographer: Baptiste Magnien
  • Music: Ursus Minot
  • Cast: Pierre Arditi (Pierre Valois), Marie-Christine Barrault (Florence Valois), Milan Argaud (Garçon fête foraine), Jean-Paul Bazziconi (Serveur café), Sandrine Le Berre (Margaux), Paul Borne (Client café), Georges Caudron (L'employé), Fadila Belkebla (Mme Cheidi), Pierre Cognon (L'homme au chien), Christophe Correia (Tireur fusil), Christelle Charpentier (Employée accueil 1), Anne Deleuze (La commissaire), Patrick Farrugia (Le bonimenteur), Liliane Coutanceau (Employée accueil 2), Vincent Gauthier (Le SDF), Bernard Haller (Louis), Patrick Laval (Joueur de boules 1), Violeta Ferrer (La SDF), Maxime Lombard (Alberto), Julie Marboeuf (La prostituée)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White / Color
  • Runtime: 84 min

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