Le Voleur et la Menteuse (1994) Repost

Avec Mathilda MAY, Gérard DARMON, Philippe LEOTARD …

Paul Salomon s'est évadé de prison. Il est armé et dangereux. Suzanne, costumière de cinéma est renvoyée du film sur lequel elle travaille… Paul trouve une planque en bord de mer et attend le bateau qui viendra le chercher à l'aube. Suzanne rate son train et se retrouve seule dans un café de ce port endormi. Cette nuit là, Paul et Suzanne vont se rencontrer et diner ensemble. Ils vont se raconter l'un et l'autre : Paul confessera sa vie de truand tandis que Suzanne s'inventera une vie d'héroine de film … Au fil du jeu de la verite et du mensonge, ils finiront par vivre leur plus belle nuit d'amour.

(In this French romance, an escaped convict on the lam falls in love with a movie costumer. Paul Salomon is on the lam after he broke out of prison. He goes a winterbound resort town near the English Channel to retrieve a satchel full of loot. He is headed for Blighty. In the town, he stops in a clothing shop where he encounters Suzanne, another customer. Later he sees her in a restaurant and sits down at her table. He immediately tells her who he is and what he is doing. Suzanne disbelieves him and begins making up outrageous lies about her own life. She bases her "lifestory" on that of Helena the Russian violinist who is the protagonist of the film she is working on. Paul keeps telling the truth and she keeps embellishing until she finally realizes that he isn't lying. She falls for him and they passionately consummate their budding affair. Meanwhile a police chief is hot on Paul's trail.)