The Girl From Nowhere

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Lost in a maze of his philosophizing while trying to write a book, a retired math teacher is forced to deal with the real world when he must rescue a young woman from the clutches of a thug outside his Paris apartment. What the teacher doesn’t know is that this woman may be his muse, a mystical agent or an angel of death. Stars director Brisseau and Virginie Legeay. Winner of the Golden Leopard, Locarno Film Festival 2012.

Part of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2013

  • Country France
  • Rating NR
  • Running Time 91 minutes
  • Director Jean-Claude Brisseau

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