I Stand Alone

“In the bowels of France.”

The Butcher (Philippe Nahon) leaves prison and has nothing waiting but the Lille suburbs, where his mistress (Frankie Pain) has promised him a new shop. He has already placed his teenage daughter (Blandine Lenoir) in an institution, and when the promise proves false, he heads back to Paris to find her. Gaspar Noé's debut keeps the two of them in view as the only bond the man has left.