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L'appât (1995)

115 min · Crime

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Directors

Bertrand Tavernier

Cast

Marie Gillain, Olivier Sitruk, Bruno Putzulu, Richard Berry, Philippe Duclos, Marie Ravel, Clotilde Courau, Jean-Louis Richard

In nightclubs, a young woman poses as bait so her accomplices can break into the home of the man who takes her there.

The story

A young woman acts as bait in nightclubs, pretending to be seduced by a man chosen as their target. When he takes her home, her accomplices use the opportunity to break into his residence and commit burglaries.

Full plot (contains spoilers)

A young woman acts as “bait” in nightclubs, pretending to be seduced and allowing her accomplices to break into the home of the man they have chosen as their prey once he takes her home. Initially devised to carry out burglaries, this scheme descends into torture and bloodthirsty madness. The story is based on a real court case from the 1980s: the Hattab-Sarraud-Subra case.

Genres

Crime

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