L'Albatros (1971)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky

Thriller
aka: Love Hate

Film Synopsis

Stef Tassel has just escaped from the prison at Markstein.  Hotly pursued by the police, Tassel coerces a young woman into driving him to safety in her car.  What he doesn't know is that the woman is Paula Cavalier, the daughter of the President, who is in the midst of an election campaign.  When he sees Tassel and Paula together, President Cavalier's political rival, Counsellor Grim, sees at once how much capital he can make from the present crisis.  As they are hunted by the police, Grim and Cavalier, Tassel and Paula begin to develop feelings for one another.  In a bid to save Tassel by driving him across the border, Paula puts herself outside the law, jeopardising not only her own future but also her father's political career....
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Film Credits

  • Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky
  • Script: Jean-Pierre Mocky, Claude Veillot, Raphaël Delpard
  • Cinematographer: Marcel Weiss
  • Music: Léo Ferré
  • Cast: Jean-Pierre Mocky (Stef Tassel), Marion Game (Paula Cavalier), Paul Muller (Le président Ernest Cavalier), André Le Gall (Le conseiller Lucien Grimm), René-Jean Chauffard (Comissaire Gaber), Robert Berri (L'ami du gardien), Michel Bertay (Mazeran), Roger Corbeau (Hébrard), Michel Delahaye (Le directeur de la prison), Rudy Lenoir (Le gardien du supermarché), Jacques Lévy (Maître Baudouin), Roger Lumont (Le pharmacien), Marcel Pérès (Pierson), Francis Terzian (Le motard Martial), Agostino Vasco (Un agresseur de Paula), Dominique Zardi (Un agresseur de Paula), Thérèse Aspar (Madame Pierson), Emmanuelle Clove (Un agresseur de Paul), Françoise Hekking (La clocharde à la gare), Pierre Benedetti (Un homme de Cavalier)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 92 min
  • Aka: Love Hate

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