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La Bête noire (1983)
Directed by Patrick Chaput
Overview
In this creatively organized story of one “delinquent,” director Patrick Chaput has put together a well-paced drama/thriller set in part against the dark by-ways of Paris. Seventeen-year-old Daniel grew up in foster homes in a rural area and those years contrast with his later youth in Paris. A filmmaker opts to interview Daniel for a documentary on delinquency, and that is how the young man’s past and precarious present start coming to light.
Length 102 minutes
Actors
Xavier Marchand | Richard Bohringer | Philippe Sfez | Sabine Haudepin | Georges Géret | Jean Bouise | Bernadette Lafont | Eddie Constantine | Isabelle Sadoyan | Nini Crépon | Catherine Gandois | Mireille Perrier | Gérard Grobman | Zinedine Soualem | Jean Legall | Thierry Carpentier | Nicolas Reboul | Geneviève Mnich