The action takes place in lugubrious suburbs.A young man,tired of working for almost nothing,tired of his routine life,tired of his wife and tired of everything steals money and kills two people almost in a dream.A woman has seen him .He thinks it's a girl named Lucie.He begins a bizarre relationship with her.
The detective plot is not what you expect.Actually,most of the time ,it takes a back seat to the depiction of the daily life on this wrong side of the town.And anyway,the Police are cardboard characters,the biggest flaw of Bertucelli's movie.
Though highly praised by the critics at the time of release,"Interdit aux moins de treize ans" might not grab today's audience.Its very slow pace is sometimes annoying.Very crude language.
