L'Addition (1984)
Directed by Denis Amar

Thriller / Drama

Film Synopsis

When Bruno, a young actor, comes to the defence of Patty, an attractive girl who has just stolen a pot of caviar from a supermarket, he could not have known where it would lead.  Detained in custody for just a few days, he manages to get himself mixed up in a prison escape, in the course of which a warden, Lorca, is injured.  On Lorca's evidence, Bruno is imprisoned for a further two years, his sentence to be served in a far rougher kind of penal establishment.  Here he finds himself at the tender mercies of Lorca on the one hand, and a gang of thuggish inmates led by José on the other.  Lorca blames Bruno for his being transferred to this prison and intends making his life Hell as a consequence.  Within no time, the two men are locked in a bitter psychological war, each hoping the other will crack first...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Denis Amar
  • Script: Denis Amar, Jean-Pierre Bastid, Jean Curtelin (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Robert Fraisse
  • Music: Jean-Claude Petit
  • Cast: Richard Berry (Bruno Vinclert), Richard Bohringer (Lorca), Victoria Abril (Patty), Farid Chopel (Jose), Jacques Sereys (Prison director), Fabrice Eberhard (Minet), Daniel Sarky (Constantini), Charlie Nelson (Bok), Jacques Nolot (Crampon), Vincent Lindon (Magnum), Gérard Caillaud (Public Prosecutor), Luc Florian (Supermarket guard), Alain Frérot (Prison guard), Riton Liebman (Jeannot), Simon Reggiani (Lenuzza), Jacques Sernas (Prison guard)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 85 min

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