Claude Ventura's documentary Chambre 12, Hotel de Suede, was made for the French television channel Arte in 1993. Ventura checks into room twelve in the hotel's final week of operation: it is demolished the day after he checks out. Room twelve was one of the principal locations for Jean-Luc Godard's New Wave masterpiece Breathless, and Ventura's documentary investigates the production of Godard's film.
Após roubar um carro em Marselha, Michel Poiccard (Jean-Paul Belmondo) ruma para Paris. No caminho mata um policial, que tentou prendê-lo por excesso de velocidade, e em Paris persuade a relutante Patricia Franchisi (Jean Seberg), uma estudante americana com quem se envolveu, para escondê-lo até receber o dinheiro que lhe devem. Michel promete a Patricia que irão juntos para a Itália. No entanto, o crime de Michel está nos jornais e agora não há opção. Ele fica escondido no apartamento de Patricia, onde conversam, namoram, ele fala sobre a morte e ela diz que quer ficar grávida dele. Ele perde a consciência da situação na qual se encontra e anda pela cidade cometendo pequenos delitos, mas quando é visto por um informante começa o final da sua trágica perseguição.
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Pierre knows that his fiancée goes to a rendezvous, but she would not tell him more than just that. Worried, Pierre follows her but he is attacked and stolen his identity papers by two men, Tom and Nasol, on the payroll of Quaglio, one of the city's bosses. Later on, Quaglio kills Nasol and deposits the body in a garage, leaving Pierre's papers nearby. As for Pierre, he manages to follow Tom to a villa where several young women have been invited. Pierre, horrified, realizes that this place is the headquarters for the white slave trade. - Written by Guy Bellinger
