热爱吟诵诗歌且幽默健谈的杀手贝罗特（Benoît Poelvoorde 饰）自费请来一支摄制组为他拍摄纪录片。在镜头前，他毫无保留且毫无隐讳地展现每次行凶的全过程，并悉心讲解不同的杀人技巧。摄制组成员从最初的观众逐渐演变成贝罗特的帮凶，这一种疯狂之人仿佛失控的汽车，飞速向毁灭的终点驶去…… 本片成本仅为15000美元，却成为比利时当年商业上最成功的影片，并且荣获1992年戛纳电影节SACD奖最佳影片和青年特别奖、1993年法国电影评论协会奖最佳外语片奖、1992年Sitges – Catalonian国际电影节最佳男主角（Benoît Poelvoorde）和最佳影片奖、1992年多伦多国际电影节Metro媒体奖。 本片导演Rémy Belvaux于2006年9月4日去世，享年40岁。
This French family film is filled with action, animals, adventure, and suspense. The story is told from a child's viewpoint. One day, while playing in his secret tree house in the forest, 11-year old Antoine spies upon bank robbers stashing 40-million francs worth of loot. One of the robbers is the father of his newest best friend Lisa, a 10-year old Canadian visitor. Not wanting to rat on her father, Antoine instead moves the money to a different spot. Neither he, nor Lisa have a lot of respect for their frequently absent fathers. They find adults to be inherently hypocritical. Both kids do share a love of animals though. Together, they decide to run away to Biarritz, a resort town, and start spending a little money. The thieves are livid when they discover their stash is missing, particularly Max, and they try, unsuccessfully to catch the kids. Antoine is assisted by his muscular governess Clemence as he and Lisa suffer through numerous narrow escapes while spending their ill-gotten gain. - Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
影片根据美国作家吉姆·汤普森的小说《POP.1280》改编，导演塔维尼埃将原着故事发生地美国南部改为30年代的北非殖民地，讲述了一段发生在当地警察头目身上的黑色喜剧。
