A film director, on the Trans Europ Express from Paris to Antwerp, decides to write a script about a sadistic drug smuggler on his way to Antwerp to collect a shipment of cocaine. There, the character gets involved with a prostitute and is caught up in a series of perilous situations. Reference: Bloomsbury Foreign Film Guide.
Credits: Producer, Samy Halfon ; director, writer, Alain Robbe-Grillet ; photography, Willy Kurant.
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier, Daniel Emilfork.
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ACMI Identifier
X000385
Languages
English
French
Subject category
Foreign language films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)