Trans American Films
Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Redemption/Kino Lorber)
Drug smuggler Jean-Louis Trintignant unknowingly makes a dry run by train from Paris to Antwerp. He meets prostitute Marie-France Pisier on the streets and they have kinky sex in a hotel room. He is brought in for interrogation by the police and beat up by thugs. It all turns out to be just a test as he was only carrying sugar. Back in Paris, he starts the trip all over again, this time with real drugs. He meets the prostitute again, but she turns out to be an informant so he strangles her during another kinky sex encounter. He goes to a nightclub where her lookalike is performing on stage, then the police show up. The events of the film seem to be controlled by three people also on the train who are talking about the plot, one of whom is the director. This is an unnecessary distraction as the film is interesting enough to stand on its own. Stunning black and white photography by Willy Kurant.
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