Farewell
Friend
A character study
of two demobbed Foreign Legionnaires, one American, one “a drunk and a
tightwad”.
The American is a
mercenary “of losing wars”, the other is a doctor. Does one go to the Congo?
The doctor isn’t
interested, the mercenary peddles a “doll” to the rich and robs them.
A couple of
lesbians need two patsies for a safecracking job (“Dr. Mozart promised”) that
unfortunately kills a security guard.
The two
antagonistic Legionnaires pull the job, one for the cash, one as a favor to a
girl who needs to put something of value in the safe.
Finally, a policier
wrapping up the case.
One of the girls
is named Austerlitz, her nickname is Waterloo. Her father is convalescing in
Switzerland.
The satire is
very extensive and resolved in a paradoxical understanding between the patsies
(Charles Bronson, Alain Delon).
Adieu l’ami, Honor Among Thieves.