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A cult classic exploration of post-apocalyptic survival. In a world populated with savages living amongst the wreckage of a devastated civilization, one man wages war against brutality and isolation. Filmed in black and white, and almost entirely without dialogue, Besson's first film presents in every detail a haunting premonition of a hostile tomorrow.

 

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Director Luc Besson
Starring Jean Reno, Pierre Jolivet, Jean Bouise, Fritz Wepper

 

Genre World Cinema

 

Country France Language FRENCH   Year 1983

 

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Certificate 15   Length 89 mins   Label COL-T
Cat No CDR17422   Format DVD   Black & White
Region2   Aspect 2.35:1 Widescreen

 

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Review by David Parkinson on 8th February 2003

Luc Besson made his feature debut with this stylised monochrome tale set in
a post-apocalyptic world, in which speech is a physical impossibility for
the survivors, some of whom are prepared to kill to possess the few
remaining women. Despite its bleak environs and aggressive atmosphere, this
slice of humanist sci-fi even manages the odd optimistic interlude.

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