Mauvais garçon(1993)
Thomas, a specialist at breaking and entering, gets out of jail after nine months and finds another man in bed with his girl. In the next 24 hours, he seduces one woman, steals her bracelet, and gives it to another in exchange for felatio. Soon after, he sets eyes on Léa; at first she's just another challenge. She dismisses him, but he's persistent. Finally she decides to love him, but warns him that she's hard to get but harder to get rid of. When he does decide to leave her, she is devastated, but so, it appears, is he, and back he comes. Now all seems wonderful, but his past, in the form of the woman whose bracelet he stole, comes back to haunt him. How will Léa handle it?
Movie: Mauvais garçon
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Léa
Thomas
Barbara
The girl from the bar
The burglarized man
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Thomas, a specialist at breaking and entering, gets out of jail after nine months and finds another man in bed with his girl. In the next 24 hours, he seduces one woman, steals her bracelet, and gives it to another in exchange for felatio. Soon after, he sets eyes on Léa; at first she's just another challenge. She dismisses him, but he's persistent. Finally she decides to love him, but warns him that she's hard to get but harder to get rid of. When he does decide to leave her, she is devastated, but so, it appears, is he, and back he comes. Now all seems wonderful, but his past, in the form of the woman whose bracelet he stole, comes back to haunt him. How will Léa handle it?
Release Date
1993-11-24
Average
6
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
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Français
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