He was a projectionist who had the happy feeling of participating in
the creation of films. She was a nurse who danced in the
evenings. Thanks to his resemblance to Picasso, she loved him
from a distance without knowing it. That was twenty years ago,
another life. Fate and prison reunite them. They are
completing their sentences at a boarding school during the autumn
holidays. Prison doesn't have to be Hell. Graziella and
Antoine are ready for whatever comes their way in their bid to
survive...
Cast:Rossy de Palma (Graziella),
Denis Lavant (Antoine),
Claire Nebout,
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu,
Bruno Lochet,
François Négret
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 99 min
The best of American film noir
In the 1940s, the shadowy, skewed visual style of 1920s German expressionism was taken up by directors of American thrillers and psychological dramas, creating that distinctive film noir look.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.