Anne Bellec

Vincent and Olivier have an intense, rocky relationship: Vincent evades tenderness, just as he does desire, forcing the couple to hunt for a third partner to participate in their sexual games. Olivier has a background in the theater. He believes in, but is preoccupied by their relationship; he wants to free Vincent from the ghosts haunting him. But Vincent is locked into the past. His father, a pilot, was killed in a plane accident. Vincent’s job is a strange, uncommon one that plunges him deep into contemplation from which no one can make him budge: he deciphers plane disaster recordings. Vincent’s unconscious repression is so powerful that he hasn’t even recognized the link between his father’s death and his work. It will take the stormy encounter with Olivier for Vincent to obtain his ‘black box.’ Indeed, the two young men come to life through their connection with each other, a connection which shatters the framework of typical love stories.

Stephane (Victor Lanoux) is the mayor of a small village. He is also the manager of the tannery which provides the inhabitants with work. In a fit of anger, he kills his wife (Edith Scob). A judge (Jean Carmet) tries to prove his culpability, but it's not an easy task, because there is a political and social pressure.

A couple in a hotel room in Brussels. A painting by Brueghel. In this painting, a mystery.

베트남 전쟁에 반대하는 영화감독들이 모여 만든 1967년 작품. 11개의 챕터로 이루어진 영화는 부유한 국가가 가난한 나라를 공격할 때 생기는 갈등과 충돌을 다양한 관점으로 보여주고 있다. 결론은 명백하다. ‘전쟁을 중지하고 새로운 관계를 시작하라. 또다시 싸움을 계속한다면 결국은 전쟁에서 패배하게 될 것이다’.