Bas-fonds

Bas-fonds

68 mins | Sept. 17, 2010

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.

Bas-fonds

68 mins | Sept. 17, 2010

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.
Producers
Original title Bas-fonds
Directors Isild Le Besco
Writers Isild Le Besco

Cast

Valérie Nataf

as Magalie

Ginger Romàn

as Barbara

Noémie Le Carrer

as Marie-Steph

Ingrid Leduc

as La boulangère

Benjamin Belkhodja

as Petit-ami de Barbara

Alain Ollivier

as Le président

François Toumarkine

as Père de Magalie et de Marie-Steph

Christine Pignet

as Mère de Magalie et de Marie-Steph

Jean-Paul Bonnaire

as Père de Barbara

Françoise Soucaret

as Voisine

Nicole Soleilhavoup

as Epicière

Nadia Szold

as La pendue

Catherine Belkhodja

as Témoin

Gustave Kervern

as L’amant