Barocco (1976)

André Téchiné's BAROCCO takes place during a local election in Amsterdam, where a small-time boxer named Samson (Gérard Depardieu) is paid to create a scandal by saying he had a homosexual affair with one of the candidates. Although Samson is reluctant at first to get involved, his lover, Laure (Isabelle Adjani), persuades him to agree and use the money to escape the city. However, after Samson takes a large sum of money from one candidate, he accepts an equal amount from another. When the situation blows up in his face, Samson is murdered by his double, a gangster, and chaos ensues. Laure, haunted by the murder of her lover, falls in love with the gangster despite his ruthless act, and the situation gets worse as both the underworld and the shady group of politicians conspire against them.