Bas-fonds (2010)

Genre :

Runtime : 1H 8M

Director : Isild Le Besco
Writer : Isild Le Besco

Synopsis

On the outskirts of civilisation, three young women, Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara live a desperate life together. Drowning in alcohol, they both lust for and hate one another, coupling like animals. Yet gradually they become enmeshed in a complex game of love and domination. Magalie, the ringleader, subjugates through her male power, and bestial charisma. Simple Marie-Steph, her younger sister, remains in the background, and Barbara, unaware of her own prettiness, has joined the pack because she loves Magalie. One day, at Magalie’s instigation, and almost out of boredom, they hold up a bakery and kill the baker with a buckshot gun. Life gradually resumes, but nothing is the same.

Actors

Valérie Nataf
Valérie Nataf
Magalie
Ginger Romàn
Ginger Romàn
Barbara
Noémie Le Carrer
Noémie Le Carrer
Marie-Steph
Ingrid Leduc
Ingrid Leduc
La boulangère
Benjamin Belkhodja
Benjamin Belkhodja
Petit-ami de Barbara
Alain Ollivier
Alain Ollivier
Le président
François Toumarkine
François Toumarkine
Père de Magalie et de Marie-Steph
Christine Pignet
Christine Pignet
Mère de Magalie et de Marie-Steph
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
Jean-Paul Bonnaire
Père de Barbara
Françoise Soucaret
Françoise Soucaret
Voisine
Nicole Soleilhavoup
Nicole Soleilhavoup
Epicière
Nadia Szold
Nadia Szold
La pendue
Catherine Belkhodja
Catherine Belkhodja
Témoin
Gustave Kervern
Gustave Kervern
L’amant

Crews

Isild Le Besco
Isild Le Besco
Director
Isild Le Besco
Isild Le Besco
Screenplay

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