April 1988, Ouvéa Island, New Caledonia. 30 gendarmes are taken hostage by a group of Kanak freedom fighters. 300 soldiers are sent from France to re-establish order. 2 men confront each other: Philippe Legorjus, chief of the terrorist squad, and Alphonse Dianou, head of the kidnappers. Through their shared values, they will attempt to make discussion triumph. But, in the middle of a presidential election, when the stakes are political, order isn't always dictated by morality. A violent and troubling epic that marks the return of Mathieu Kassovitz in front and behind the camera.

本片由法国著名导演帕特利斯•勒贡特执导，他的电影题材十分多元，从探讨疯子、性别问题到悄悄解构人类智慧文明，使他成为法国倍受尊崇的导演之一。而男性之间的情谊，更成为勒贡特的电影里常常出现的主题，《大公爵》正是如此，以三个男人之间的友谊为主线，讲述了一段令人啼笑皆非的故事。据说帕特利斯•勒贡特刚从法国最著名的电影学院毕业时，并没有立即投入电影的创作中，而是当起漫画家来，替法国的杂志画卡通，但另一方面他也开始制作一些传奇卡通短片。这些经验替他日后相当风格化的喜剧片品牌，竖立了别具一格的幽默感。《大公爵》充满笑料，但又不乏深刻思考，正是帕特利斯•勒贡特的喜剧经典之作，相信一定不会令观众失望。

A handyman in a 1940s Paris brothel tries to help the prostitute he loves with her singing career and romantic life.

It's night on a Paris bridge. A girl leans over Seine River with tears in her eyes and a violent yearning to drown her sorrows. Out of nowhere someone takes an interest in her. He is Gabor, a knife thrower who needs a human target for his show. The girl, Adele, has never been lucky and nowhere else to go. So she follows him. They travel along the northern bank of the Mediterranean to perform.