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L'Addition (1984)

Director: Denis Amar

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From Time Out Film Guide

Berry is an actor whose short stay in jail goes wrong when he is innocently involved in a breakout. One of the guards (Bohringer) gets his knee shot off, and vengefully hounds Berry through a further prison sentence, playing sado-masochistic cat-and-mouse games spiced with a little homophobia. The psychological thriller in which the victim needs the torturer as much as vice versa is familiar territory, but any game which can only reach a sudden death resolution is always good value. Unfortunately, what the film would propose as a happy ending for the hero is in fact the point when his troubles are just beginning. CPea.

Author: CPea

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Cast & crew

Director: Denis Amar

Producer: Norbert Saada

Cast: Richard Berry, Richard Bohringer, Victoria Abril, Farid Chopel, Fabrice Eberhard, Daniel Sarky full cast

Genre(s): Thrillers

Duration: 87 mins


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