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Killing Zoe
Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.
1993 · Directed by Roger Avary · 96 min · Action · Crime · Drama · Thriller · Screenplay in the scene database · 11 frames
Tagline
We go in. We get what we want. We come out.
Plot
Zed, a professional safe-cracker, comes to Paris to help a childhood friend, Eric, with a bank heist. While in the taxi on his way to the hotel, the cab driver offers to procure a sex worker for him in the evening. As Zed emerges from the shower, the sex worker, Zoe, arrives. After having sex, they talk amicably and express their mutual affection. Zoe confides that she is studying art and has a "very boring" day job. They are interrupted when Eric barges in and brusquely sends Zoe out of the room. Eric takes Zed back to his residence, where Zed meets Eric's friends. Eric explains his plans: the following day is Bastille Day and virtually everything is closed except for a holding bank they plan to rob. Zed forgoes his rest time to spend the night partying with Eric and his friends at a seedy jazz club, which Eric refers to as 'the real Paris'. As they binge, Eric confides to Zed that he has HIV, which he contracted through intravenous drug use.
The next day, Zed is awakened by Eric as they prepare to enter the bank. Donning carnival masks, Eric's team quickly kill anybody who fails to cooperate as Zed is escorted to the bank's safe. Their plans begin to fall apart as the police show up, with the team realizing they will either have to shoot their way out of the bank or go to jail for life. Eric blows open a vault with an explosive, finding a large supply of gold bars, but the thieves cannot leave the bank alive with their fortune. Tensions rise even higher when Zed recognizes Zoe – who coincidentally works at the bank – and attempts to protect her, much to Eric's fury. A gunfight erupts between Eric's team and the police, with Zed caught in the middle. Most of the thieves are killed, leaving Zed and Eric to fight each other. The police kill Eric. Injured, Zed is led away quickly by Zoe, who falsely states that he is a bank customer. They drive away in her car, where Zoe promises Zed that when he gets well, she will show him the 'real' Paris.
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Crew
- Written by: Roger Avary
- Cinematography: Tom Richmond
- Edited by: Kathryn Himoff
- Music: tomandandy
- Production design: David Wasco
- Produced by: Samuel Hadida
Cast
- Eric Stoltz as Zed
- Julie Delpy as Zoe
- Jean-Hugues Anglade as Eric
- Tai Thai as François
- Bruce Ramsay as Ricardo
- Kario Salem as Jean
- Salvator Xuereb as Claude
- Gary Kemp as Oliver
- Martin Raymond as Cab Driver
- Eric Pascal Chaltiel as Bellboy
Production
- Country: United States of America, France
- Language: English, French
- Studios: PFG Entertainment, Davis Films, Live Entertainment
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box office: $418,961
- Themes: friendship, prostitute, robbery, drug abuse, paris, france, jazz, aids, kidnapping, hostage, bank
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