Director : Bertrand Tavernier
Producer : Frédéric Bourboulon, René Cleitman
Screenwriter : Bertrand Tavernier, Colo Tavernier
Starring : Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu, Richard Berry, Philippe Duclos, Marie Ravel
French sophisticates cringed in horror, I'm sure, when news of this (true) 1993
crime came to light: A girl and her two friends tortured and murdered a pair of
wealthy men. Why? Because they wanted to raise money to open an upscale
clothing boutique in the United States.
Well, it's easier than venture capital. And it helps if you're a psychopath.
The movie belongs to ingenue Marie Gillain (best known as the daughter in My
Father the Hero), who just so happens to appear naked pretty much throughout
the entire film. Nothing wrong with that, and in fact it's not totally
gratuitous: You'd have to be a nut to strip this often in front of this many
people.
Unfortunately renowned director Bertrand Tavernier is far too intent on
capturing the minutaie of the trio's crime to make this a compelling movie. It
comes off feeling like a courtroom dissection of the events, with the
minute-by-minute blow being read coldly by some mortician. The motives, the
psychology, and even the aftermath of all of this are never properly revealed.
Then again, maybe nobody really has any idea what the hell was going on in
these kid's brains.
Aka L'Appât.
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Rating: NR, 1995