A young woman suffers from compulsive homicidal tendencies. She
shoots her husband and her child dead with a gun, she cuts the head off
a hitch-hiker, she mutilates a friend, until she is finally caught and
incarcerated. But she manages to escape from prison and sets out
to kill the person who witnessed her crimes...
Cast:Jean-Pierre Léaud (Ignazio),
Agathe Vannier (Maria), Lou Castel (Michel),
Joe Dallesandro (Le psychiatre),
Sarah Manuelli (La petite fille),
Stéphane Vilar (Le mari),
Jane Pugh (La fille du bar),
Stefania Casini,
Angelica Ippolito
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 85 min
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