Married carnival performers are subjected to the abuses of their employer in this silent film gem that has not received as much attention as it deserves. When the boss' unwanted advances on the wife are refused, he taunts a lion until it nearly kills her. But the other performers assist in a unique plot for revenge. Jaque Catelain directs and stars in this film made for influential French director Marcel L'Herbier's production company. Some sources also list L'Herbier as co-director, as he is credited here. The film boasts some rapid-fire editing techniques that were decades ahead of its time.
该剧本由André Téchiné和Régis de Martrin-Donos撰写，以即将退休的技术和科学警察的特工Lucie为中心。一对年轻夫妇（一个小女孩的父母）来到他的小区，这让他孤独的日常生活感到不安。当她爱上她的新邻居时，她发现父亲Yann是一名反警察活动家，有着沉重的犯罪记录。Lucie的职业良知与她帮助这个家庭的愿望之间的道德冲突将动摇她的确定性......
During one fatal afternoon in an empty elementary school the two mothers of Armand (6) and Jon (6) get into a desperate fight to be believed when one son is accused of crossing boundaries against the other. All means are used, and soon a blend of madness,
Leila George stars, alongside her mother Greta Scacchi, as a young woman so determined to save her drug-addicted brother that she locks him in a room to get clean.
