MESSIDOR

Jeanne and Marie—one a student craving adventure, the other a saleswoman—are on their way to her rural hometown. They meet while hitchhiking in French-speaking Switzerland and decide to continue the journey together. But soon, they are attacked by two men, fight back fiercely, and are forced to flee. Another adventure begins. Now armed with a gun, they “play” at being criminals and flee further and further away. But how far can they go? Where does Switzerland end? How can they truly save themselves? 
Directed by a masterful filmmaker, the film has all the ingredients of a crime thriller. But beyond that, it is above all a fable, a feminist road movie, a radical tale of rejection of the social order, and a critique of narrow-minded Swiss society. A thrilling and provocative *Thelma and Louise*, well ahead of its time…