Summaries

A young woman moves to Paris with a disastrous past. When she becomes a woman and thinks she's finally free from her past's shadows, some characters show up and she gets the chance to become a unique heroine.

Divided into four significant periods of her life--childhood, puberty, adolescence, and adulthood--four different instances in a woman's life represent fragments and diverse aspects of her existence. Renée, an emotionally damaged teacher committed to educating underprivileged youth, wants to start a family to get her life back on track. However, her past returns with a vengeance when addicted gambler Tara re-emerges after seven years of absence to tie up loose ends. Taking a step back in time, Sandra, a careless woman in her twenties, crosses paths with grizzled professional gambler Lev at the racecourse. But as the financially challenged lady accepts to carry bet money to the cashiers as a "mule", Sandra's complicated life takes a dangerous turn. Further back in time, precocious teenager Karine looks for attention in all the wrong places. As a result, she mistakes the merry-go-round of parties and superficial relationships for normalcy. A long way back, a game of hide-and-seek turns into a disaster, leaving innocent country girl Kiki changed forever. And as the fractured portrait of four interconnected stories depicts the soul of a fearless woman, the essence of a complex individual determined to find freedom comes to light.—Nick Riganas

Details

Keywords
  • missing child
  • neglected daughter
  • reverse chronology
  • character played by different actors
  • violent father
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Mar 28, 2017
Countries of origin France
Official sites Le Pacte
Language English Italian French Romanian
Filming locations Panissières, Loire, France
Production companies Arte France Cinéma Les Films d'Ici Les Films Hatari

Box office

Budget $4630000
Gross worldwide $365257

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 51m
Color Color
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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