ALTERNATE SYNOPSIS:
In 1958, during the Algerian war, Bruno (Michel Subor) deserts and hides out in Switzerland, where he falls in love with Veronica (Anna Karina). However, whilst he is a member of an extreme-right terrorist group, she is a member of a group on the extreme political left, and when his own group suspect him of being a double agent, he is captured and tortured, in a memorably long scene that caused controversy upon the film's original release. As much a meditation on the idea of personal freedom within the constraints of modern day politics as a comment on the Algerian war. |
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