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Les paumées du petit matin (1981)

Rate: 1
Viewed: 5/15

5/15: The plot description of Les paumées du petit matin, which is translated as The Escapees, is: "After escaping from an insane asylum, two women fall in with a troupe of erotic dancers and embark on a surreal journey full of sex and violence."

Does that sound cool, huh? Well, it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life. More of a film school art project than anything, it has the worst of everything: acting, dialogue, plot (which is actually zero), pace, direction, characters, and scenes, among others.

Listening to the characters speak, I rolled my eyes frequently and laughed to myself only out of pity, failing to see acting this awful in the past. No wonder why most of the cast did nothing afterwards. Many scenes are abruptly cut off just to move on to the next one which is still random and unconnected. Although there are many contenders, it's the last fifteen minutes that's the worst of them all which begins with an orgy and ends with a shootout with the police.

Marie shoots herself in the belly, and Michelle walks out of the mansion, carrying her body without being arrested, and keeps moving forward as if it's supposed to be a meaningful moment. At the same time, Sophie is apprehended and therefore handcuffed without effort before she breaks free and runs to the edge of a quay. Then, she jumps off, killing herself. But what for? And why do I have to endure the interminably long shot of her still-breathing body? There's another scene which occurs earlier when Marie is ice-skating and somebody uses the spotlight on her, but there's supposed to be nobody but her at the place.

All in all, Les paumées du petit matin has made it difficult for me to stay awake for more than fifteen minutes at once.

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