Une sale histoire

Everything goes by two in Jean Eustache (1938-1981)'s filmography. Two films about his grandmother, two films set in Narbonne, two films featuring former infant terrible Jean-Pierre Léaud, two films showcasing youth as a first role in itself, two other films taking their origin in graphic material, etc, two movies only that were "normally" marketed and released at the time. He even has two sons. Add to this the fact Une sale histoire is twice the same story and you've gotten it all.

How comes it's twice the same story? In itself it is never to be shown. Power of suggestion powered by veteran actor Michael Lonsdale adds a touch of class to a possibly quarrelsome narration. Then there's Jean- Noël Picq, the same guy (yet another double...) who relates about the painting of Bosch in another Eustache short-movie feature. More carried away than Lonsdale is allowed to be, he shows even better the pleasure of the word, either coming from the lips or ejaculating inside the ears of the audience. Great film, qualified on the french Wikipedia as an "action movie".