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Overview
Il faut vivre dangereusement is a French comedy thriller film first released in 1975,
directed by Claude Makovski.
The film is based on a novel by Raymond Marlot and stars Annie Girardot, Claude Brasseur, Sydne Rome, Hans Christian Blech and Roger Blin.
It has also been released under the title: One Must Live Dangerously.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
One night, private detective Edouard Lory is killed and thrown from a
train. When the police find his body, they find a packet of drugs
in his jacket and are quick to dismiss the death as a revenge killing
between drugs dealers. Richard Diquet, another private eye who
knew Lory, is not convinced and is about to begin his own investigation
when he is contacted by a businessman, Murdoc, to keep a close eye on a
young woman named Lorraine. The latter is the mistress of the
wealthy industrialist Germain Badinget, who happens to be Murdoc’s
brother. It isn’t long before Diquet realises he is being duped
and that the real object of his investigation is not Germain but a
priceless jewel...
Film Review
Il faut vivre dangereusement
is a well-intentioned parody of the American film noir thriller,
although, with its Grand Guignol killings, endless bedroom antics and surfeit
of unsubtle erotica it has a distinctly French feel to it. This
was the one and only full length film to be directed by Claude
Makovski, based on a novel by Raymond Marlot with a screenplay
co-authored by Nelly Kaplan, who is better known for her work as an
actress and director of some repute. The film has its flaws – the
uneven narrative and convoluted plot being the worst offenders – but
it also has a certain charm. The pairing of Annie Girardot and
Claude Brasseur as an unlikely crime-fighting duo works surprisingly
well and there some terrific jokes (of the laugh-out-loud variety)
which seem to come at the most unexpected moments. Perhaps not
the best comedy thriller in French cinema, but Il faut vivre dangereusement is
distinctive, unpredictable and mildly entertaining.
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