Bas-fonds

On the outskirts of civilisation, three young women, Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara live a desperate life together. Drowning in alcohol, they both lust for and hate one another, coupling like animals. Yet gradually they become enmeshed in a complex game of love and domination. Magalie, the ringleader, subjugates through her male power, and bestial charisma. Simple Marie-Steph, her younger sister, remains in the background, and Barbara, unaware of her own prettiness, has joined the pack because she loves Magalie. One day, at Magalie’s instigation, and almost out of boredom, they hold up a bakery and kill the baker with a buckshot gun. Life gradually resumes, but nothing is the same.

Country:

France

Genre:
Duration:

68 minutes

Year:

2010

Director:

Isild Le Besco

Cast:
Valérie Nataf

Magalie

Ginger Romàn

Barbara

Noémie Le Carrer

Marie-Steph

Ingrid Leduc

La boulangère

Benjamin Belkhodja

Petit-ami de Barbara

Crew:
Isild Le Besco

Screenplay

Isild Le Besco

Director