After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and more risky second heist. Simon richard crenna, a smooth nightclub owner, works with a small. Despite a stellar cast alain delon, catherine deneuve, richard crenna, this 1972 film, the last by the great noir stylist jeanpierre melville, is a murky disappointment. Distributie alain delon, richard crenna, catherine deneuve. After a bank robbery in a small riviera town goes wrong, a game of cat and mouse begins between edouard and simons gang. Melville sets up the scene in such a way that you are on the edge of your seat through out this amazing sequence. Alain delon, richard crenna, catherine deneuve directors. After a bank robbery in a small riviera town goes wrong, a game of cat. Tv star and rambos mentor both love catherine deneuve only trouble is, ones a postburnout cop and the others. Topnotch crime drama from quentin tarantino fave jeanpierre melville bob le flambeur stars alain delon as commissaire edouard coleman, a cop who travels to a seaside town seeking the principals in a drugsmuggling operation. With alain delon, mireille darc, michel constantin, michael lonsdale. Bank robbery in small town ends with one of the robbers being wounded.
For several years now, the company has focused its production in france and great britain, the two leading european countries in that area. Delon had previously worked with melville on le samourai and le cercle rouge, playing the role of a criminal. The film begins with the quote above from vidocq 17751857, the founder of the french national police force. Some of my favorite filmmakersim thinking yasujiro ozu, jacques rivette, mike leigh, and jeanmarie straub, to name just a fewfor one reason or another, whether it be the vagaries of distribution, the particulars of time and the place, or just the fact that what is so extraordinary about their filmmaking doesnt. After beginning an affair with a beautiful but cold woman named cathy, he. Theres a distinct vein of misanthropic defeat coursing in this film thats encoded into empty. Pathe distribution handles worldwide sales for all pathe productions, plus films from independent french producers, in domestic and. He took this form of cinematic expression and refined it to almost surreal levels of artistic and dramatic. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Les cordier juge et flic lhonneur dun homme youtube.
Despite a stellar cast alain delon, catherine deneuve, richard crenna, this 1972 film, the last by the great noir stylist jeanpierre melville, is a murky. Elegant, brutal, anxietyprovoking, and overwhelmingly sad, jeanpierre melvilles 1969 army of shadows was released theatrically for the first time in the united states in 2006, to nearly universal critical acclaim. He adjusts himself well but will have to fight a lot before being able to achieve final victory. He achieved critical acclaim for roles in films such as rocco and his brothers 1960, plein soleil 1960, leclisse 1962, the leopard 1963, the yellow rollsroyce 1965, lost. For a special mission to destroy drug dealers in nice, hardcore bachelor inspector campana has to don the role of a married man with a child. Alain delon, the star of melvilles le samourai regarded by most fans as melvilles best movie along with bob le flambeur, plays coleman, a detached cop. It stars alain delon, catherine deneuve and richard crenna.
Alain delon, catherine deneuve, richard crenna, riccardo cucciolla, jean desailly, paul crauchet, regizor. The assassination of trotsky 1972 for joseph losey was poorly received but red sun 1972, with charles bronson and toshiro mifune, did well. After beginning an affair with a beautiful but cold woman named cathy, he befriends her boyfriend, simon, a local nightclub owner. Japonais 1972 jp 12 drame, thriller, criminel le film complet en francais hd dure 87 minutes. Simon, gang leader and paris night club owner, must also deal with police comissaire edouard colemane, who happens to be his good friend. From the village voices jhoberman emerges from the mists of time.
The loot from the robbery is just a asset for the even more spectacular heist. Many great filmmakers never got the posters their films deserved. Merci aux sites qui mont aidee dans mes recherches. Nine things you can learn from buddhist monks about diabetes destroyer david andrews. Alain delon, catherine deneuve, richard crenna, paul croucher, riccardo cucciolla. He plays the cop, edouard coleman, in pursuit of simon, a notorious paris thief, who is very hard to pin down. Jeanpierre melvilles last movie, a great police drama. Pathe is an important independent film producer in europe. Nightclub owner simon works with a small crew to execute daring heists with big payoffs. Today, it is generally less wellregarded than melvilles other films, but it is of some historic importance, being influential in the development of the neonoir thriller in the 1970s, both in france and in the. Due to the unfolding situation with coronavirus covid19 we want to keep you up to date with any changes we may need to take to protect our staff and their families in line with government directives and any impact this may have to the service we provide to you, our valued customers. Commissaire edouard coleman is a paris police chief whose life investigating violent crimes has left him despondent. Born november 8, 1935, in sceaux, hautsdeseine, france. He is known as one of europes most prominent actors and screen sex symbols from the 1960s.
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