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The Blonde with Bare Breasts (La blonde aux seins nus)

German title: Die Blonde mit entblößten Brüsten
Russian title: Блондинка с обнаженной грудью
Original title: La blonde aux seins nus

Alternative titles:
Ein Sommer auf der Seine

Crime movie – France
Production year: 2008
Movie length: 100 minutes

Director: Manuel Pradal
Writer: Manuel Pradal
Cinematograph: Giorgos Arvanitis (Yorgos Arvanitis)
Music: Carlo Crivelli

Movie description:

Julien, 25-years old, and Louis, 12-years old, are brothers. Their father often beat Julien, who defended Louis from also being beaten by him. He is terminally ill now. The brothers do not care much, but try to obtain ownership of his river transport ship, which they already use.
A gang offers money for stealing the Edouard Manet painting »La blonde aux seins nus« (The Blonde with Bare Breasts) from the museum. They agree, and Louis actually does it, while the young guard Rosalie (Vahina Giocante) is distracted. Rosalie comes after him, onto the ship, but Louis manages to lock her up. Later she is free to move around on the ship. Although she is sometimes treated rudely, she likes the adventure. The police suspect her of being involved. She helps by hiding the painting and herself, when the ship is searched.
Julien and Rosalie have sex. Louis is jealous and pretends to have hung himself by hanging up a life-size doll dressed in his clothes. Julien plans to kill Rosalie, because she knows they stole the painting, Louis tries to protect her by advising her to escape. She returns the painting to her father, who arranges its restoration. The gang that wanted to buy it beats up Julien, out of revenge. Rosalie reunites with the brothers on the ship.
In the meantime, the brothers’ father dies. Louis gets the ship, apparently because only he is his real son.

Julian, 25, and Louis, 12, are two brothers who work and live on a barge in the centre of Paris. They transport gravel and resort to petty crime to make ends meet. They have grown up alone and now they are inseparable, wedded to a life on the river. A receiver of stolen goods offers them the opportunity of a lifetime, to steal a painting by Manet from the Musée d’Orsay. Louis takes charge of the theft and, against the odds, he succeeds in removing it from the gallery and taking it aboard his barge. Rosalie, a museum guard, follows Louis to his home and confronts him. After a fight, the two brothers secure Rosalie in the hold of their boat and make a quick getaway. Later, Rosalie emerges from her hidey hole and makes the brothers an unexpected offer ...

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