The Pirate

1984

French

5.0

♡ 3

Jacques Doillon Director

Jane Birkin as Alma

Andrew Birkin as Andrew / Le mari d'Alma / Alma's husband

Maruschka Detmers as Carole

Laure Marsac as La jeune fille / The young girl

Shortly after returning home one evening with her husband, Alma is visited by her one-time lesbian lover Carole. In the ensuing emotional torrent, Alma allows herself to be abducted by Carole and taken to a hotel, pursued by a young girl - an unnamed friend of Carole - and an eccentric bystander posing as a private detective. Before Alma and Carole can resolve their situation, Alma's husband Andrew appears on the scene and, in a mad frenzy, attempts to reclaim his wife…