Directed by:
Jeanne WaltzCinematography:
Hélène LouvartCast:
Isild Le Besco, Lio, Didier Haudepin, Philippe Rebbot, Christian Taponard, Christophe Sermet, Christian Sinniger, Yves Verhoeven, Jocelyne Desverchère (more)Plots(1)
Frédérique, called Fred, is a nurse in a small Swiss town near the French border. Unhappy with herself, angry at the world, she's haunted by thoughts of suicide, but then she shoots the student Marco in the heat of the moment. The two meet again in the hospital. Fred soon discovers similarities between herself and the hotheaded boy, who doesn't suspect that she is to blame for his injury.
The lead actress Isild Le Besco convincingly plays through a scale of feelings that reaches from one extreme to the other. Fred's explosive personality hides an injured being, and injuries are the theme of this furious film. The shot to the knee that Marco suffered is by far not the worst of them. An icy meeting between Fred and her father at the beginning of the film gives us a glimpse of her psychic wounds, and as stricken as she is, she constantly alienates herself from the world. Marco, whose mother has abandoned the family, fares just as badly, and after initial clashes, a strange bond develops between the shooter and her victim.
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Cast
Isild Le Besco
France
Best movies:
My King (2015)
The Good Heart (2009)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Lio
Portugal
Best movies:
Itinerary of a Spoiled Child (1988)
Love Like Poison (2010)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Didier Haudepin
France
Best movies:
This Special Friendship (1964)
Law Breakers (1971)
For 200 Grand, You Get Nothing Now (1982)
Philippe Rebbot
Best movies:
A Parting Shot (2007)
The Silence of Love (2011)
Smoke & Mirrors (2016)
Christian Taponard
Best movies:
Little Nicholas (2009)
The Children of the Marshland (1999)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Christophe Sermet
Best movies:
An Affair of Love (1999)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Christian Sinniger
Best movies:
Une affaire d'honneur (2023)
Tombés du ciel (1993)
The Artist and the Model (2012)
Yves Verhoeven
France
Best movies:
La Cérémonie (1995)
Class Trip (1998)
Marcelino, pan y vino (1991)
Jocelyne Desverchère
Best movies:
A Parting Shot (2007)
After You (2003)
Les Destinées sentimentales (2000)
Pierre-Isaïe Duc
Best movies:
A Parting Shot (2007)
Vanity (2015)
My Little Sister (2020)
Michel Raskine
Best movies:
I... For Icarus (1979)
La Lectrice (1988)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Rémy Roubakha
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Dinner Game (1998)
Floride (2015)
Françoise Arnaud
Best movies:
A Parting Shot (2007)
Catherine Epars
Best movies:
The Adversary (2002)
A Parting Shot (2007)
Nightcap (2000)
Bernard Nissile
Switzerland
Best movies:
Queen Margot (1994)
The Adversary (2002)
L'Homme que j'aime (1997) (TV movie)
Steven de Almeida
Best movies:
A Parting Shot (2007)
Diane, femme flic (2003) (series)