After having robbed a stagecoach, Billy is unable to transport the extensive booty on his own. It is then, in the mountains, that he meets Ann, who has escaped a Cherokee attack. Citing Howard Hawks as his main point of reference, Moullet returns to landscapes that have become an obsession, for a frenetic western based on love and revenge, in the midst of desert plateaus, steep rockfaces and craggy footpaths. Made in only six days with a small troupe, Une aventure de Billy le Kid is the extravagant and experimental homage of an enthusiastic movie buff to the films of his childhood. Even before writing the screenplay, Moullet had Jean-Pierre Léaud in mind for the leading role as this ambiguous character, and the actor representing the symbol of the French New Wave showed that he was up to the challenge.

Part of NÉCESSITÉ DE MOULLET - HOMAGE TO LUC MOULLET, FILMMAKER AND MONTAGNARD