Beauvoir, lonely, aging private detective, is put on the bloody track of beautiful Catherine Leiris who kills and robs her rich husband(s) on their wedding night. Although he never approaches her directly, he follows her and increasingly feels to be telepathically connected to her, because she reminds him of his daughter he never met. After he led a blind artist, Catherine’s truly beloved spouse, into a bus accident, she makes a living by bank robbery with young Betty till Betty gets shot. Alone again, Catherine leads a sad, uneventful life as a waitress, when she meets her follower.
Director: Claude Miller. AKA Deadly Circuit
Stars: Michel Serrault, Isabelle Adjani, Guy Marchand, Stéphane Audran, Macha Méril, Geneviève Page, Sami Frey, Dominique Frot, Patrick Bouchitey, Isabelle Ho, François Bernheim, Gilberte Lauvray, Michel Such, Jean-Claude Brialy.
Very glad I stumbled on this restored copy of this , worlds better than the one I’d looked at before … I’d thought I’d never surmise a Claude Miller film again after recently watching La Classe de Neige & feeling totally infuriated and bewildered by the end … This one has those qualities as well, to be sure, but alternates kitsch with sublimity in endlessly fascinating succession … Definitely well worth experiencing for filmophiles!