humor and action and suspense and romance all roll into this underrated truffaut film while circa 1972 and probably be not well receive during the title release . start out a a research project for female criminal and to save an innocent prisoner then onto get imprison yourself ( the professor ) and the ultimate betrayal from the one who be charge to protect people from such evil and the attorney . bernadette lafont star a camille and the imprisoned woman who have have bad luck since childhood ( and she do not help her cause along the way at the most inopportune time ) and shine and carry this movie the entire way . her beauty and expression be at the high level ever see on the silver screen . yes and many plot and twist and but they be all spaced and place in order and via flashback in the very beginning and and the sequence of subsequent event throughout this film make sense . the audience be not quite sure if camille deserve her fate in prison and what her true character be like while will she repay the professor for free her a he free her in kind . do camille have what it take to be faithful to a man or do the continue bad luck and survival force her into the easy way out . the audience can not possibly expect how this movie turn out and thus achieve the rare quality of total suspense . cinematography be excellent for a 1972 film and and get an exterminator and western style saloon wash up whiskey soak wan na be and the other character be all a credit to good writing and and finally and fantastic directing by truffaut . part of the french new wave of cinema be the exclusion of studio set and background and and it be evident that truffaut be a master of location a he select unforgettable place and structure . many say truffaut be an overrated director . i say not so . truffaut be brilliant and leave this world too soon . if you want to see overrated and keep see the hollywood cookie cutter promote to the hilt templates that be the cash cow machine for the industry .