Pure Jean Pierre Mocky's style, especially for the seventies period, era of revolt, reject of nearly everything, against governments, laws, police, institutions of all kinds; the perfect topic for someone as Jean Pierre Mocky, the sweet anarchist of the French film industry. This movie is the best example of the anti hero, who fights for some cause already lost in advance, with a predictable ending, as it was for Jean Pierre Mocky's UN LINCEUL N'A PAS DE POCHES, made several years later and more or less on the same line, also speaking of revolt, fight against the state power. Here you have nihilism and poetry too, providing moving situations. Very dark and gloomy, as you have already guessed.