Back fire
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Back fire |
| Original title | List Noire |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1984 |
| length | 83 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Alain Bonnot |
| script | Alain Bonnot André G. Brunelin Marie-Thérèse Cuny |
| production | Claude Nedjar René Cleitman |
| music | Alain Wisniak |
| camera | Jean-François Robin |
| cut | Françoise Bonnot |
| occupation | |
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Back Fire (alternative title: Back Fire - A mother sees red ) is a French crime film by Alain Bonnot from 1984. Together with André G. Brunelin and Marie-Thérèse Cuny, the director adapted Gérald Moreau's novel Nathalie ou la Punition into one Script.
action
17-year-old Nathalie rebels against her mother and moves in with her shady friend Jacky, who has contacts with the underworld. When Jacky receives the order from a crook to carry out a bank robbery on his own, he gets support from his friend David, an escaped convict, and Nathalie is also there. The robbery fails, when the alarm is triggered, the entrance door of the branch locks automatically. A large contingent of the police is approaching. Over the phone, they find out in the bank that this was intended by the commissioning criminal cartel. Jacky's armed robbery was only meant to distract the police from an even bigger coup. He and his two accomplices are still able to flee by being held hostage.
Jacky does not want to accept the role of the scapegoat and seeks the mastermind behind the robbery. The men who are in a garage dividing the booty from the robbery on a money truck kill him with a single shot. Nathalie, who wants to rush to his aid, is only shot, but dies a little later in her mother's arms. David had driven her home at her request. Madame Jeanne Dufour is deeply saddened by the senseless death of her daughter, who had her entire life ahead of her. She begins to look for the culprits after overcoming the first pain of grief and the lethargy that goes with it. With the help of David, the only survivor, she tracks down one after the other and kills them with satisfaction.
During the parallel police investigations, the aging widow meets the understanding Inspector Kalinsky. He covers her acts of revenge and even lets her flee abroad. Judge Lefevre gets wind of Kalinski's disloyal behavior and gives him an ultimatum. He urges Kalinsky to turn Madame Dufour over to the judge. In the end, Jeanne is ready to answer for her actions. She has achieved her goal anyway.
criticism
"No frills and excitingly staged crime film, whose dubious tendency to vigilante justice is somewhat mitigated by a moralizing ending."
Web links
- Backfire in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Back Fire in the German dubbing file