France in the early 60s. Simon, a wrestler, wears a white mask. In the ring, he is known as “The Specter”. He suggests to his friend Victor who has just returned from combat to be his adversary in the ring and wear a black mask, and be known as “The Slaughterer of Belleville”.
A mysterious and dangerous game of masks hides an intricate character study in this nostalgic black-and-white revisiting of the wrestling world and the cinema of 1960s Paris. The power dynamics at play on the ring subtly permeates the lives of two wrestlers in this daring and elaborate drama.
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