Borsalino, one of the most lavish French thrillers
of the 1970s, sees rival actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon (at the time, the two
most popular actors in France) sharing the limelight... [More...]
Director Henri Verneuil followed his huge successful policier
Le Clan des Siciliens (1969) with another
film of the same genre, albeit one in a somewhat lighter vein... [More...]
Les Mariés de l’an II is typical of the ebullient and witty period drama
which French cinema has been consistently good at producing for many decades... [More...]
Anyone who had previously seen Jean Becker’s 1961 film
Un nommé la Rocca could be forgiven for having a strong sense of déjà
vu when watching this film... [More...]
With this stylish thriller, Philippe Labro takes some carefully judged swipes at his own
profession, that of journalism, whilst referencing some major topical concerns –
including corruption in politics and industry... [More...]
Very redolent of the era in which it was made, Le Magnifique is an ebullient mix
of the truly bizarre and original which gives it a rare timeless quality... [More...]
Although not intended as a conventional historic drama, this film sheds some light on
the enigmatic yet comparatively unknown character of Stavisky... [More...]
L’Incorrigible was the fifth collaboration between director Philippe de Broca and
French film star Jean-Paul Belmondo, who had previously enjoyed phenomenal success with
such films as L’Homme de Rio
(1964)... [More...]
This high budget, fast moving action thriller typifies the kind of film that was hugely
popular in France in the mid- 1970s. Peur sur la ville epitomises the
crime thriller or ’polar’ of that decade... [More...]
Having worked successfully with Jean-Paul Belmondo on L’Heritier (1973), the journalist-director
Philippe Labro was keen to work with Belmondo again and proposed a hard-edged crime thriller
initially entitled "Les... [More...]
In stark contrast to the crime thrillers with which Belmondo is better known, Le Corps
de mon ennemi has an almost total absence of action and physical displays of violence... [More...]
Flic ou voyou was inspired from a novel by Michel Grisolia, "L’Inspecteur de
la mer" and is widely regarded as one of Jean-Paul Belmondo’s best films... [More...]
After the commercial success of Flic
ou voyou (1978), director Georges Lautner and actor Jean-Paul Belmondo were reunited
in their next film, Le Guignolo (along with most of the cast and production team
of their previous... [More...]
