First Name: Carmen

The Revolutionary New Fable of Erotic Destiny from the Director of BREATHLESS and ALPHAVILLE

The protagonist is Carmen X, a sexy female member of a terrorist gang. She asks her uncle Jean, a washed-up film director if she can borrow his beachside house to make a film with some friends, but they are in fact planning to rob a bank. During the robbery she falls in love with a security guard. The film intercuts between Carmen's escape with the guard, her uncle's attempt to make a comeback film, and a string quartet attempting to perform Beethoven.

  • Genre: Crime, Drama, Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1983-12-01
  • Runtime: 85 min
  • Country: France, Switzerland
  • Language: French
  • Status: Released
  • IMDb Rating: 6.153
First Name: Carmen poster