Rat Race

Year: 1980

Runtime: 99 mins

Language: French

Director: François Leterrier

Comedy

Jérôme Ozendron, a dynamic executive and father of two, yearns to become a writer and break free from his mediocre routine. A chance encounter with an old friend turned actor pulls him into the film world, where he meets cover‑girl Nataca, for whom he is ready to abandon his family, and later the fierce outsider Lilianne, who pursues him obsessively. He quits his job to write a novel, but his plans unravel.

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