Themroc (1973)
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Michel Piccoli, Miou-Miou, Béatrice Romand, Marilù Tolo, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, Jeanne Herviale, François Dyrek, Michel Fortin, Patrick Dewaere, Henri Guybet
After fleeing while being taken to his boss, a house painter barricades himself inside his apartment and knocks down its exterior wall.
The story
Themroc is a construction worker who lives in an apartment building with his mother and sister and works as a house painter. One day, while repainting a window, he catches his boss flirting with his secretary. As he is being taken to his boss, Themroc rebels and runs away. He returns home, seals his apartment door, and knocks down the exterior wall, making a makeshift cave. From there, he howls and taunts the police trying to force him out.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Themroc is a construction worker who lives in an apartment building with his mother and sister. Every morning, he has to get up to clock in and work as a house painter. One day, while repainting a window, he catches his boss flirting with his secretary. As he is being taken to the boss’s office, he rebels and runs away. He goes home, walls up the door to his apartment, and knocks down the exterior wall. From this makeshift cave, he lets out wild howls and taunts the police as they try to force him out. The rebellion soon spreads throughout the building. Later, Themroc has incestuous relations with his sister, before seducing a young neighbor. He leaves his lair only at night, using a rope ladder to go hunting: among other things, he kills a police officer and devours him. To rebuild the exterior wall, the authorities call in a mason, but he soon joins Themroc’s cause.
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