Main Cast: Jean-François Stévenin, Patrick Bouchitey, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Laura Favali, Marie Mergey
Release Year: 1989
Country: FR
Run Time: 92 minutes
Plot
Simon and Dede are best friends: two aimless drunks who spend their days getting sloshed and any other available time getting laid. Simon is living on unemployment benefits in a trailer parked near his sister's apartment. Dede works at a fish-packing plant on the night shift. Neither man is sensitive, young, or good looking. However, their sang-froid (literally, "cold blood," referring to a quality of imperturbability) stands them in good stead as they go about their seedy lives, picking up one woman and having sex with her on the beach, or when Simon calmly has sex with a prostitute in front of the woman's brother. In the past, a bizarre necrophiliac situation led to Simon experiencing his only sense of what it might be to truly love someone. This unedifying tale is based on stories by the American writer Charles Bukowski, whose melancholy works have provided endless inspiration for European filmmakers. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
Cast
Jean-François Stévenin - Simon
Patrick Bouchitey - Dede
Jean-Pierre Bisson - Gerard
Laura Favali - Nadine
Marie Mergey - Aunt Suzanne
Silvana de Faria - Whore; Consuelo de Havilland - Blonde girl
Credit
Carine Sarfati - Costume Designer, Patrick Bouchitey - Director, Florence Bon - Editor, Jean-Jacques Bouhon - Cinematographer, Guillaume Sciama - Sound/Sound Designer, Patrick Bouchitey - Screenwriter, Jackie Berroyer - Screenwriter, Charles Bukowski - Short Story Author
