Question: Build a movie plot around this: Who is Julien? A main character who kills his boss then gets stuck in an elevator.
Answer:
Florence Carala (Moreau) and Julien Tavernier (Ronet) are lovers who plan to kill Florence's husband, Simon Carala (Wall), a wealthy industrialist who is also Julien's boss. Julien is an ex-Foreign Legion parachutist officer and a veteran of Indochina and Algeria. After working late on a Saturday, he climbs up one story on the outside of the office building on a rope, shoots Carala in his office without being seen, and arranges the room to make it look like a suicide.It is now past business closing hours. Seated at the curb in his convertibleas its top is slowly retractingjust before pulling away from the office building he glances up and he sees his rope hanging over the balcony edge in plain sight. He leaves the car running and rushes back into the building. While he is ascending in an elevator, the building custodian, or security man, switches off the power to the elevators, and Julien is trapped between floors.Julien's car is stolen by a young couple, small-time crook Louis (Poujouly) and flower-seller Veronique (Bertin). Florence, who is waiting for Julien at a cafe, sees the car go by with Veronique leaning out of the window. She assumes that Julien has run off with Veronique and wanders the Paris streets despondently all night asking for him in the bars and clubs where he is known. Whiel joy-riding and racing other cars, Louis puts on Julien's coat and gloves. Checking into a motel, they register under the name "Mr. and Mrs. Julien Tavernier" to avoid problems for Louis, who is wanted for petty crimes. At the motel, they make the acquaintance of Horst Bencker (Petrovich) and his wife Frieda (Andersen), a German tourist couple, against whom they have been racing on local roads. Frieda takes pictures of Louis and her husband with Julien's miniature camera.After the Benckers go to bed, Louis attempts to steal their Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing. Bencker catches Louis and threatens him with what appears to be a gun, though it is really a cigar tube. Louis shoots and kills the couple with Julien's...