L'Appât (Fresh Bait) (1995)
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59% of users liked it
(677 ratings)
This drama examines three amoral young people living in Paris. 18-year-old Nathalie (Marie Gillain) works in a clothing store and dreams of opening her own boutique in the United States. She shares an apartment with her boyfriend Eric (Olivier Sitruk) and his slow-witted pal Bruno (Bruno Putzulu);… More This drama examines three amoral young people living in Paris. 18-year-old Nathalie (Marie Gillain) works in a clothing store and dreams of opening her own boutique in the United States. She shares an apartment with her boyfriend Eric (Olivier Sitruk) and his slow-witted pal Bruno (Bruno Putzulu); she pays the rent while they stay home and watch crime movies on television. All three are looking for a fast and easy way to make some money, so together they devise a plan. Nathalie will hang out in nightclubs, meet prosperous-looking men, and go home with them. Once she's inside their apartments, she'll let in Eric and Bruno, and they'll rob the place of cash and valuables. The plan works well at first, before things go wrong one night and Eric commands Bruno to kill their victim. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Bertrand Tavernier
- Written By
- Morgan Sportes, Bertrand Tavernier
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 2000 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
far too intent on capturing the minutaie of the trio's crime to make this a compelling movie
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Jules Brenner, Cinema Signals
Lovely Marie Gillain exploits her turn in the spotlight as truly voyeuristic bait. But, the story is mindless, the concept adolescent, the pacing feverishly repetitious.
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Cast
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Marie Gillain
as Nathalie
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Olivier Sitruk
as Eric
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Bruno Putzulu
as Bruno
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Richard Berry
as Alain
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Philippe Duclos
as Antoine
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Clotilde Courau
as Patricia
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Laurent Arnal
as Vincent
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François Berléand
as Inspector Durieux
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Jean-Paul Comart
as Michel
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Thierry Gimenez
as Cop
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Christophe Odent
as Laurent
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Jean-Louis Richard
as Innkeeper
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Daniel Russo
as Jean-Pierre
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Isabelle Sadoyan
as Eric's Grandmother
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Alain Sarde
as Philippe
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Jacky Nercessian
as M. Tapiro (Nathalie's Boss)
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Jeanne Goupil
as Nathalie's Mother
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Bobby Pacha
as Bobby
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Marie Ravel
as Karine
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Philippe Torreton
as Chief cop
