Synopsis
Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.
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Cast
- Juliette BinocheAnna
- Denis LavantAlex
- Michel PiccoliMarc
- Hans MeyerHans
- Julie DelpyLise
- Carroll BrooksThe American
- Hugo PrattBoris
- Mireille PerrierYoung Mother
- Serge ReggianiCharlie
- Jérôme ZuccaThomas
Recommendations
- 100
Time Out
The final KO of a brilliant cinematic one-two punch, Leos Carax’s follow-up to his gobsmacking feature debut, Boy Meets Girl (1984), proved this enfant terrible was no one-hit wonder. Boy still meets girl, in the form of feral Denis Levant and gorgeous Juliette Binoche, but this sophomore outing’s real romantic coupling is an artist swooning head over heels for his medium. - 80
Village Voice
Bittersweet, haunting, and as original and eccentric as homage movies get. - 75
Christian Science Monitor
Distinctive feel. - 60
TV Guide Magazine
Though the storyline moves in unconvincing fits and starts, Carax gets good performances from his hip young stars. - 50
The New York Times
While the screen flashes and flickers, little else is happening.
