A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together... but is their meeting purely coincidence?
Cinematography
Stunning black-and-white Paris that makes you want to move there yesterday.
Acting
Rie Rasmussen's absurd physical presence — she's literally towering cinema.
Director
Luc Besson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Luc Besson shot this in 6 weeks as a personal palate cleanser between bigger projects, financing it himself when studios passed on a black-and-white French film.
The film bombed in France but became a cult hit in Japan, where Besson's visual style and Rasmussen's look resonated deeply with manga and anime aesthetics.
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