Fair is Fair

Fair is Fair

2010 · 100 min · ★ 4.9 · Comedy

Condamné pour un crime qui n'était, selon lui, qu'un accident, Constant réussit à s'évader de la prison où il purge sa peine... Après une fuite aveugle, livré à tous les hasards, Constant finit par échouer dans un coin perdu, près des berges désertes d'un canal.... Se cachant sur une péniche à l'abandon, Constant tente de reprendre son souffle, accalmie de courte durée... Dès l'aube, Sylvia une pétillante jeune femme qui a reconnu l'homme traqué, lui propose un implacable marché : assassiner (puisqu'elle le pense être un tueur professionnel) Jeanne, sa mère adoptive sinon elle le dénonce à la police ! Piégé, Constant ne peut qu'accepter cette périlleuse " mission ". Mais bien loin de tuer Jeanne, Constant la sauve d'un suicide annoncé.

Directed by Isabelle Mergault · Written by Jean-Pierre Hasson

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Daniel Auteuil Constant
Sabine Azéma Jeanne
Medeea Marinescu Silvia
Géraldine Bonnet-Guérin Alexia
Agnès Boury Martha
Ariane Pirié Martha
Anne-Sophie Germanaz Mauricette
Jean-Louis Barcelona Éric
Christian Sinniger Horace
Bernard Alane Le docteur Harvey
Dominique Tufano Le policier à l'hôpital
Julien Cafaro Victor

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