Choice of Arms

“Three People. Two Love Stories. One Choice.”

Noel Durieux (Yves Montand) has left his criminal past for a quiet life on a stud farm outside Paris, married to Nicole (Catherine Deneuve). Then Mickey (Gérard Depardieu), on the run after a prison break, shows up at the door asking for shelter. Alain Corneau films the nightlife and the farmhouse alike in a flat, grainy light, and lets Montand say very little.