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In this decidedly offbeat and rather arty crime drama, a French fugitive heads for Canada and ends up joining a gang of desperate criminals who have been plotting to kidnap a crimelord's retarded daughter. Things go well until she accidentally dies. Despite the unfortunate turn of events, the crooks decide to keep on as if things were fine.....Cast: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tisa Farrow, Jean-Louis Trintignant.....Directed by: Rene Clement.....1972.....95 Minutes.....Rated PG
Product details
Package Dimensions
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7.32 x 4.17 x 1.14 inches; 6.14 Ounces
Director
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René Clément
Run time
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1 hour and 39 minutes
Date First Available
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June 8, 2008
Actors
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Robert Ryan, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Tisa Farrow, Aldo Ray
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I saw this film in the early 1970s when it came out and I was completeley fascinated by the mixture of crime movie - if this is the right term here - and fairy tale. And, there was Robert Ryan, always one of my favorite actors, in one of his last roles, very ably supported by a varied cast (Aldo Ray, with whom he had made some movies in the past; Lea Massari, an actress lamentably not seen a lot - who looks, by the way, like an older sister to Jennifer Lawrence - and J.-L. Trintignant, who could be very strange indeed in some of his films). I had been waiting for this film to come out on dvd for decades, and so I jumped on it now when it was finally rereleased. It's like no other film I know in its dream-like atmosphere- although some moments have not aged so well - and definitely stands out. Sometimes there just are films which do not really fit into any category - like, on a whole other level, "Winter's Bone" - and this is definitely one of them for me. It was worth the long wait!!
There's some films that just can't cut it as they age. This is a badly dated movie, the language, the 'action', the story. There's very little to recommend. An hour of the film is dedicated to building zero character in the 5/6 people laid up in a remote house. There are so many great movies from the 1970s - go watch them instead.
It was not made clear that this was the French language version (with no option for the English language version). When i saw the original years ago, it was definitely in English. And with the cast headed up by Robert Ryan and including Aldo Ray I was not expecting what I got. It was painful to watch these two American actors dubbed into French.
I have plenty of French films in my collection , but I was not expecting this to be one of them.
