Passage secret (1985) [N/A]
Featuring:
Dominique Laffin, François Siener, Franci Camus
Written by:
Olivier Assayas
Laurent Perrin
Directed by:
Laurent Perrin
Release Date:
July 24, 1985
Original Title:
Passage secret
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 85
In a somewhat deflated story of robbery and deception set against the rooftops and byways of Paris, a group of enterprising petty thieves take advantage of the dog days of August to burglarize vacated apartments. At this time of year, all Parisiens are on vacation elsewhere, and the city is invaded by tourists on vacation from their own cities. In this mass rearrangement of the European population, the thieves get away with their looting until they run into an architect who catches them in the act. But his morals are nothing to brag about, as he gets more involved in what they are doing and wants some of their take. He is also smitten with one of the down-and-out women the thieves have been supporting (Dominque Laffin). As in so many French dramas, these conflicting relationships are doomed to be resolved only by tragedy.
One night, in the middle of summer. Serge does not sleep, leaning on his window. He looks at the Paris sky. Fabrice, a little boy, hangs on the roofs of buildings. Fabrice is not alone, they are four boys to improvise young burglars. Balthazar at the age of Fabrice. Nicolas and Jeannot are between childhood and adolescence. There is a bard, the "Blue Night", held by Camille and Anita. Nicolas and Jeannot love them without telling them, and it is to them that they return the spoils of their burglary. The fate of these seven characters will be knotted dramatically.
