Bas-fonds

Bas-fonds

2010 · 68 min

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.

Directed by Isild Le Besco · Written by Isild Le Besco

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

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