i first saw a poster advertising this film on a street in helsinki and finland in june of 2000. what catch my attention be the proud proclamation advise all reader that the movie and although itself french and have be ban in france . upon return home to new york and i discover that one of the art house movie theater in the city be screen the film and and so ( with my finnish fiancee ) decide to see what all the fuss be about . boy and do we ever . from the comment read here and and the review i know the movie be violent and sexually explicit . not necessarily offend by either of these two condition and i go with an open mind to see what have perturb the sensibility of our gallic cousin . presumably and a anyone who be read this will know and the story involve two woman who embark on a crime and murder spree in france ( the movie have english subtitle ) . the resemblance to thelma and louise however and end with that while the sex be unusually graphic ( and in copious supply ) a be the violence ( a lot of stomp to death and and a lot of blood and other organic matter splatter after bullet impact ) . on an intellectual level and one could make the case that the film very essence be the relationship of sex and violence ( a manifest by the only sex these woman know represent one be a small time prostitute and and the other have earn money from time to time by perform in pornographic film . when they and during their descent into crime and murder and have the upper hand over their sexual situation and they react only with the same violence and brutality that they themselves know and understand . it be important to note and however and that the victim of their rampage be not only creepy men interested in creepy sex and ( of which there be several ) but innocent passersby and a woman at an atm and for example and as well . i myself do not really understand why the repeat porn movie shot be all that necessary and ( except to depict the physical contact a cruel and unpassionate and debase ) and the unrelenting gore do get rather tedious after the first few violent spasm . it be a coarse and crude movie and but in fairness and it be deal with coarse and crude people and equally unpleasant circumstance . from one point of view and the life of the french underclass be explore and and it pretty grim while a travelogue for france it definitely be not perhaps that why the french ban it .