An absolute waste of money

Absolutely amazing

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

"In spite of its title (=the doomed lovers),"Les Amants Maudits " has nothing romantic ,no Amour Fou ,no chemistry between the two leads ,who have fallen into oblivion (Robert Berri was nonetheless a memorable cop opposite Raymond Souplex in "Identité Judiciaire.") A waiter is sick and tired of his routine life and of the humiliations .He goes for broke and becomes a gangster,the public enemy.A woman follows him,not because she loves him -at least at first sight- but because she's dreaming of luxury (she goes as far as to pretend she is a countess in the casinos).A poor man' s "Bonnie and Clyde" or "Gun Crazy" ,this isn't ,cause the man is a mean macho and the woman double crosses him;it is impossible to be moved by the last scene after all we have seen before.