

First Name: Carmen (1983)
Crime
Drama
Comedy
Romance
- 1h 25m
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The Revolutionary New Fable of Erotic Destiny from the Director of BREATHLESS and ALPHAVILLE
Overview
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Overview
The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.
Top Billed Cast

Maruschka Detmers
Carmen X

Jacques Bonnaffé
Joseph Bonnaffé

Myriem Roussel
Claire

Christophe Odent
Gang Leader

Pierre-Alain Chapuis

Bertrand Liebert
Carmen's Bodyguard
Alain Bastien-Thiry
Hotel Valet

Hippolyte Girardot
Fred

Odile Roire

Valérie Dréville
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