The Night of the Hunted

During a cold, windless night a man driving through the countryside spots a frightened young woman running from danger. He stops and invites her into his car, offering safety and help. In the confusion, he also fails to notice another naked woman calling out nearby, hinting at the danger surrounding them.

The man, named Robert, takes Elizabeth to his Paris apartment where she reveals she cannot remember anything for more than a few minutes. She struggles to recall names, including his, as memory continues to fade and fear takes hold. They share an intimate moment, and he asks her to remember his face so she won’t forget this time together.

The next morning, Robert leaves for work, and Dr. Francis breaks into the apartment to persuade Elizabeth to return to the clinic. He frames the clinic as a necessary place for her treatment and insists she belongs there. Elizabeth is unsettled by the sudden confrontation and the implication of danger.

Back at the clinic, Elizabeth seems to remember the other woman who called out the night before, but only their names—no real details. The memory gaps are evident, and the sense of danger heightens as she grapples with what she can recall. The troubling gaps set the stage for another escape attempt.

Elizabeth and the other patient attempt a second escape from the clinic and manage to make contact with Robert. The reunion feels tentative, as memory lapses threaten to derail their plan. Their coordination is imperfect, and it soon leads to being recaptured.

Robert locates the clinic and is told by Dr. Francis that the patients suffer from a disease that slowly erases memories, turning them into something like the walking dead. He refuses to accept this grim diagnosis and resolves to rescue Elizabeth no matter the cost. His belief in her dwindling memory becomes a personal mission.

The doctors begin disposing of patients whose memories have faded completely, illustrating the clinic's merciless logic. The threat to Elizabeth and the other inmates grows sharper as the disease progresses. The atmosphere turns clinical and chilling as memory loss accelerates.

Robert finally locates Elizabeth inside the clinic, but the disease has already taken her memory entirely. He confronts the heartbreak of watching her memories vanish and realizes the rescue may be beyond reach. The moment underscores the film's tragic stakes.

In a grim confrontation, Dr. Francis shoots Robert in the head, and he loses his memory just like Elizabeth. The desperate rescue attempt collapses as memory itself becomes the enemy. The act seals the fate of both protagonists within the clinic's cold logic.

Unaware of their surroundings, Elizabeth and Robert join hands and walk side by side through the clinic. Their memories are gone, but they move forward together in a silent, shared existence. The ending leaves their humanity ambiguous as they drift through the world they no longer remember.