
"A MASTERPIECE OF THE FRENCH GANGSTER GENRE...
A TOUGH AND TOUCHING EXPLORATION OF HONOR AND FRIENDSHIP AMONGST THIEVES."
— A.O. SCOTT, THE NEW YORK TIMES
"A MASTERPIECE OF THE FRENCH GANGSTER GENRE...
A TOUGH AND TOUCHING EXPLORATION OF HONOR AND FRIENDSHIP AMONGST THIEVES."
— A.O. SCOTT, THE NEW YORK TIMES
France, 1960
Director: Claude Sautet
Producer: Jean Darvey
Cast: Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sandra Milo
Screenwriter: Claude Sautet, José Giovanni, and Pascal Jardin
Cinematography: Ghislain Cloquet
Music: Georges Delerue
Genre: Drama, Crime
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Language: French with English subtitles
Running Time: 103 minutes
Synopsis:
Abel Davos (Lino Ventura), a wanted man in Italy, stages a robbery in order to get the funds to relocate his family. As the losses mount and the noose tightens, Davos must decide when to call it quits.
"STUNNING!"
— New York Magazine
"A first-rate crime thriller!"
— Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
"A BURIED TREASURE...the most soulful and sympathetic of crime dramas!"
— Jan Stuart, Newsday