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2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

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Benoît Jacquot Benoît Jacquot (; born 5 February 1947) is a French film director and screenwriter who has had a varied career in European cinema. In July 2024, Jacquot was charged with rape, including of a minor, and was barred from directing and having cont ...

. It was screened in the

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Plot

In 1975, a young bourgeois woman falls in love with a bank robber. She follows him and his partner on the run after a bank heist resulted in a death and hostage taking. Using fake IDs, they leave Paris and travel to Spain, Morocco, and Greece.

Cast

Isild Le Besco Isild Le Besco (born 22 November 1982) is a French actress and filmmaker, who is of French and Algerian descent on her mother's side, and Vietnamese and Breton on her father's. She has starred in many films, including '' Sade'' (2000), a Frenc ...

as Lili * Ouassini Embarek as Bada *

Nicolas Duvauchelle Nicolas Duvauchelle (born 27 March 1980) is a French actor, perhaps best known for his role as Theo in three seasons of the crime drama '' Braquo''. Career Duvauchelle starred in numerous films including ''Lightweight'', '' À tout de suite'' ...

as Alain * Laurence Cordier as Joelle * Odile Vuillemin *

Emmanuelle Bercot Emmanuelle Bercot is a French actress, film director, and screenwriter. Career Filmmaking Bercot wrote, directed, and played a lead role in the film '' Clément'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film ...

as Laurence

Reception

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, the film holds an approval rating of 70%, based on 44 reviews, and an average rating of 6.6/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "A mesmerizing performance by ingenue Isild Le Besco makes this stylish French drama a taut, compelling escapade." On

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, the film has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

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* 2004 films Films directed by Benoît Jacquot 2004 crime drama films French crime drama films French black-and-white films 2000s French-language films 2000s French films {{2000s-crime-film-stub