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...
© James Travers
The above content is owned by frenchfilms.org and must not be copied.


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

The best French Films of the 1920s
sb-img-3
In the 1920s French cinema was at its most varied and stylish - witness the achievements of Abel Gance, Marcel L'Herbier, Jean Epstein and Jacques Feyder.
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
sb-img-0
Franz Kafka's letters to his fiancée Felice Bauer not only reveal a soul in torment; they also give us a harrowing self-portrait of a man appalled by his own existence.
The very best French thrillers
sb-img-12
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
The best of Japanese cinema
sb-img-21
The cinema of Japan is noteworthy for its purity, subtlety and visual impact. The films of Ozu, Mizoguchi and Kurosawa are sublime masterpieces of film poetry.
The Carry On films, from the heyday of British film comedy
sb-img-17
Looking for a deeper insight into the most popular series of British film comedies? Visit our page and we'll give you one.
 

Other things to look at


Copyright © frenchfilms.org 1998-2024
All rights reserved



All content on this page is protected by copyright