Donnant, Donnant (2010)
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Daniel Auteuil, Sabine Azéma, Medeea Marinescu, Agnès Boury, Anne-Sophie Germanaz, Christian Sinniger, Julien Cafaro, Timothé Riquet
A fugitive who escapes from the hospital is mistaken for a professional killer and offered a coercive bargain involving his new acquaintance’s adoptive mother.
The story
Constant is imprisoned after committing a murder, which he says was only an accident. After suffering a stroke, he escapes from the hospital and takes refuge on an abandoned houseboat. There he meets Silvia, a young woman who recognizes him as a fugitive. Mistaking him for a professional killer, she offers him a deal: he must kill Jeanne, her depressed adoptive mother, whose inheritance Silvia covets, or Silvia will turn him in to the police. Constant accepts the offer.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Constant is imprisoned after committing a murder. According to him, it was only an accident. After suffering a stroke, he manages to escape from the hospital. Having taken refuge on an abandoned houseboat, he meets Silvia, a young woman who recognizes the fugitive. Thinking Constant is a professional killer, she offers him a deal: he must kill Jeanne, her depressed adoptive mother, whose inheritance she covets, or she will turn him in to the police. Constant accepts the offer, but instead of killing Jeanne, he saves her from a suicide attempt.
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