Le Temps de mourir (1970)
Directed by André Farwagi

Crime / Thriller
aka: The Time to Die

Film Synopsis

Being a successful businessman Max Topfer is constantly preoccupied with his personal safety, which is why he has a team of bodyguards around him day and night.  His precautions and paranoia appear to be justified when one day a film falls into his hands which appears to depict his own brutal killing by an unknown assailant.  Fearing for his life, Max immediately sets about trying to unmask the mysterious would-be killer before he has a chance to carry out his assassination.  In doing so, he manages to find the person who previously had the film in her possession - a young woman who has recently injured herself in a riding accident.  Recovering from her injuries, this woman appears to be suffering from acute amnesia.  Bizzarely, the only things she can remember are things that have yet to take place.  It would appear that Max has stumbled across someone who can see into the future.  Maybe she can tell him what fate has in store for him...
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Film Credits

  • Director: André Farwagi
  • Script: André Farwagi, Alain Morineau
  • Cinematographer: Willy Kurant
  • Music: Karel Trow
  • Cast: Anna Karina (La femme sans nom), Bruno Cremer (Max Topfer), Jean Rochefort (Hervé Breton), Billy Kearns (Helmut), Daniel Moosmann (Marco), Michel Beaune (Castagnac), Jacques Debary (Le médecin), Lara Koski (L'infirmière), Gaëtan Noël (L'informaticien), Georges Ser (Martin), Yanti Somer (L'hôtesse trop pâle), Catherine Rich (Isabelle Breton), Béatrice Costantini (Evelyne), Marie Véronique Maurin (La petite fille)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 90 min
  • Aka: The Time to Die

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