

Bruno's girlfriend, who lives in another town, doesn't believe he loves her. Therefore, he decides to prove his love by doing something "crazy" and ends up hijacking a school bus full of children at gunpoint to go see her
Acting
Yvan Attal's sweaty desperation is genuinely hard to watch.
Direction
Rochant squeezes dread from a single bus location.

Director
Éric Rochant
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Charlotte Gainsbourg's early film period—she'd soon become Lars von Trier's muse. Small world of European intensity.
Released during a wave of French 'jeune cinéma' exploring disaffected youth, but this one's more 'disaffected adult having a breakdown.'
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