La nuit des traquées (1980)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jean Rollin

Writer:

Jean Rollin (writer)

Release Date:

20 August 1980 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Redhead | Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity | Female Frontal Nudity | Female Rear Nudity

Cast

Brigitte Lahaie	...	Elysabeth
Vincent Gardère
Dominique Journet	...	Véronique
Bernard Papineau	...	Le docteur Francis
Rachel Mhas	...	Solange
Catherine Greiner	...	Catherine
Nathalie Perrey	...	La mère
Christiane Farina	...	Christiane
Élodie Delage	...	Marie (as Véronique Délaissé)
Jean Hérel	...	Jacques
Jacques Gall
Dominique Saint-Cyr
Gregoire Cherlian	...	Le gardien
Jean Cherlian	...	L'homme de main
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alain Duclos	...	Robert
Jacques Gateau	...	Pierre
Cyril Val	...	Alain (as Alain Plumey)

Also Known As:

Night of the Hunted (USA) (video title)
The Night of the Hunted (USA) (informal literal English title)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | Netherlands:16 | France:-12 (TV rating) (2001) | France:-16 (original rating)

Company:

Impex Films

Movie Connections:

References Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Rollin meets Kafka

The ever gorgeous Brigitte Lahaie wanders aimlessly through this Kafka-esque plot about an amnesiac trying to escape from a strange clinic where the staff tortures and sexually abuses patients as part of some undefined rehabilitation process. Could have been interesting had the ideas been better developed, but director Rollin concentrates more on getting Ms. Lahaie and the other female cast members out of their clothes rather than trivial matters such as story and characterization. The sterile atmosphere makes for some bland visuals and without Rollin's trademark gothic settings, there is little to entice the eye, apart from said lovelies.