La dame de trèfle (2009)
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Cast
Malik Zidi, Florence Loiret-Caille, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marc Barbé, Nathalie Boutefeu, Marc Citti
A florist who secretly deals in stolen metal faces mounting danger when his supplier demands immediate payment.
The story
In the Chartres region, Argine and Aurélien live together as a strange brother-and-sister pair. Aurélien works as a florist by day and deals in stolen metal at night, while looking after Argine, a young woman who is unemployed and adrift in a series of fleeting relationships. After a gendarmerie investigation disrupts part of the network, Simon Sarasian, Aurélien’s supplier, demands immediate payment so he can escape. Threatened and afraid, Aurélien seeks out a scrap dealer who can quickly take his stock off his hands. Simon insists on accompanying him to the sale, raising the stakes for the already anxious Aurélien.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
In the Chartres region, Argine and Aurélien live together and form a strange brother-and-sister couple. Aurélien, a florist by day and a dealer in stolen metal by night, looks after Argine, a young woman adrift, unemployed and involved in multiple, fleeting romantic relationships. After a gendarmerie investigation dismantles part of the network, Simon Sarasian, Aurélien’s supplier, demands immediate payment so he can flee. Threatened and afraid, Aurélien finds a scrap dealer who can quickly take his stock off his hands. Simon insists on being present for the sale and, on the way there, attacks Aurélien so he can negotiate the sale on his own. The young man kills Simon while defending himself and leaves the body in a ditch.
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