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Adapting the Jim Thompson novel 'A Hell of a Woman,' Alain Corneau's acidic drama follows Franck, a combustible door-to-door salesman in the outskirts of Paris who falls for a client's teenage daughter and begins to commit heinous crimes to secure their life together. Patrick Dewaere gives an unforgettably incandescent performance in the lead role, soaking each frame in sweat and desperation as he lurches from one extreme to the next. A blistering, hard-nosed crime drama that is nevertheless informed by co-writer Georges Perec's arch sense of humour and eye for small details.

Ages 18+