The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun

Just before the Bastille Day weekend, Dany types up the document for her advertising agency boss to take on a business trip to Geneva. The act marks the start of the sequence that pulls her away from her routine. The tone hints at professional life colliding with unexpected personal upheaval.

Dany drops her boss Michael Caldwell and his wife Anita at the airport. He hands her an envelope containing her pay, a routine gesture that quietly anchors the betrayal in the plot. The moment foreshadows the convoluted manipulation she will face later.

After the airport drop-off, Dany impulsively drives toward the Riviera for a spontaneous weekend. The decision launches her into a sun-soaked escape that soon spirals into danger and confusion. The journey sets the stage for a string of uncanny encounters.

At a small café along the route, the owner tries to return a coat Dany claims she left there yesterday. The encounter deepens the growing sense that others know more about her than she does. The mix of memory and misidentification adds to the uncanny mood.

At a petrol station, Dany is attacked in the toilet, injuring her hand. The assault marks a violent, intrusive intrusion into her journey. The event fuels the sense that someone is orchestrating events around her.

As she travels further, various strangers claim to know her, amplifying confusion and paranoia. The misrecognitions make her question her own identity and past. The tension thickens as the plot tightens around her.

Dany hitchhikes with Philippe, and the pair spend the night together. The encounter creates a complicated bond amid the unraveling mystery. The night away from home complicates her sense of safety.

The following day, Philippe steals Dany's car before they reach the coast. The theft escalates the danger and fractures any hope of a straightforward escape. Dany is left to improvise as the search for her vehicle and her own safety continues.

Dany tracks Philippe to Marseille, where they discover a dead man and a gun hidden in the car's trunk. The discovery deepens the mystery and forces them to confront potential criminal involvement. The scene shifts the action from pursuit to confrontation with violent consequences.

After the tense discovery, Philippe disappears once more, leaving Dany to fend for herself. The disappearance intensifies her isolation and the sense that she is trapped in a web of violence. Dany must continue the journey with dwindling allies.

Dany visits the dead man's home in Avignon and unexpectedly finds both some of her clothes and nude pictures of herself. The discovery hints at someone using her image and past against her. The home becomes a nexus of danger and revelation.

Returning to the café to reclaim the coat, Dany finds a copy of her pay envelope in one of the coat's pockets. The coincidence links the earlier pay envelope to the coat and the larger conspiracy. The moment pulls threads together and raises new questions about motive.

Dany returns to the dead man's home where Michael is waiting. He explains that the dead man was Anita's lover and that they planted evidence to frame Dany for murder. He describes a web of staged incidents designed to ruin her. This confrontation shifts the narrative toward direct danger.

Michael threatens to murder her and stage a suicide, but Dany counters by revealing she has already sent both pay envelopes to the police. The act gives her leverage and an unexpected form of protection. The scene culminates in a fight for survival.