The Moon in the Gutter
1983 · Movie · 137 min. · France
In Marseilles, a woman commits suicide after she is raped in an alley. Nightly, her brother Gerard broods at the scene hoping to catch the rapist. He lives with his lover Bella whom he neglects, an alcoholic brother who lurks about, and his father who's stayed drunk since the daughter's death, ignoring work and his own companion. At a seedy bar, Gerard meets a wealthy, nihilistic hedonist and his beautiful sister. Gerard flips for her and thinks she's his ticket out of the slum. Bella warns him otherwise and also, in jealousy, sets two thugs on him. Then Gerard thinks he's found his sister's rapist. These emotional crises force Gerard to choose what's most important.
Direction Jean-Jacques Beineix
Cast Gérard Depardieu · Nastassja Kinski · Victoria Abril · Bertice Reading · Gabriel Monnet · Dominique Pinon · Milena Vukotic · Vittorio Mezzogiorno · Bernard Farcy · Anne-Marie Coffinet
Soundtrack Gabriel Yared
Screenplay Jean-Jacques Beineix · Olivier Mergault · David Goodis
Cinematography Philippe Rousselot
Original title La lune dans le caniveau (The Moon in the Gutter)
5.5
64 votes (FilmAffinity)
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