La Bête noire

Overview

In this creatively organized story of one "delinquent," director Patrick Chaput has put together a well-paced drama/thriller set in part against the dark by-ways of Paris. Seventeen-year-old Daniel grew up in foster homes in a rural area and those years contrast with his later youth in Paris. A filmmaker opts to interview Daniel for a documentary on delinquency, and that is how the young man's past and precarious present start coming to light.

Cast

Xavier Marchand

Jacky

Richard Bohringer

Yves Boissieu

Philippe Sfez

Daniel

Sabine Haudepin

Karen

Georges Géret

M. Guyot

Jean Bouise

Pépé

Bernadette Lafont

Antonia

Eddie Constantine

Le patron du bar américain

Isabelle Sadoyan

Mme Guyot

Nini Crépon

Robert