After a businessman is captured by kidnappers, his rescue seems incumbent on a group of filmmakers, rather than a lackluster police force -- a premise that is matched by the rest of this movie. The kidnapping victim rambles on philosophically with his captors, who end up leaving him alone -- thereby providing him with a chance to escape. As he makes a break for it, he is literally hounded by some guard dogs. Then there are also some interviews with people who know one of the kidnappers, though it is not clear why. Neither the victim, nor the kidnappers, nor the filmmakers can compete with the canines, the only protagonists who add some bite to the action.

让-克洛德·布里索(Jean-Claude Brisseau)当过教师，拍过一些没有发行的影片：《交叉路口》（1975）和《如此生活》（1978）。后又拍摄了电视电影《影子》（1980）。《残酷的游戏》显示了他是一个全面的作者，他的艺术灵感和个人风格在以后的《声音和愤怒》（1987）、《白色婚礼》（1989）、《塞琳娜》（1990）和《黑天使》（1994）等影片中得到进一步证实。他一直是《电影手册》的宠儿，2003的《都会性男女》（Choses secrètes）更是名列当年的十佳之首。他被誉为是“新古典主义”的继承者。2006年的最新力作《毁灭天使》（Les Anges exterminateurs）则入围戛纳电影节“导演双周”单元。 残酷的游戏》(Un Jeu brutal) 演员：Bruno Cremer《白色婚礼》 获奖：1983年法国《电影手册》年度十大影片 介绍：讲述一名著名的植物学家受到接连的几桩女孩谋杀案的困绕，想方设法要保护自己女儿免受侵害的故事。