Synopsis
While being transferred to another prison, two convicts - Stéphane Carella and Paul Brandon - effect a miraculous escape. They are pursued across the Verdon Gorge before arriving at an isolated farmhouse whose owner, Laura, offers them sanctuary. Since the death of her husband, Laura has longed to get her own back on the police and she agrees to help Carella and Brandon in their scheme to rob a casino in Nice. After a shoot out with the casino’s owners, Carella realises that not everything is what it seems. Brandon is not what he appears...
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
110 audience votes
Key crew
- Éric DemarsanOriginal Music Composer
- Patrice LeconteScreenplay
- Patrice LeconteDirector
Cast
- Bernard GiraudeauPaul Brandon
- Gérard LanvinStéphane Carella
- Christiane JeanLaura
- Maurice BarrierKovacs
- Bertie CortezMazetti
- Daniel JégouCasino director
- Jacques NolotLe gendarme chez Laura
- Patrick MassieuCast
- Jesse Joe WalshCast
- Philippe LehembreCast
- Salvatore IngogliaCast
- Bernard HervéCast
Stills
Themes
escapesouthern francejail guardalps mountains