Deux hommes dans la ville (1973)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.4/10   

Réalisateur:

José Giovanni

Writers:

José Giovanni (original scenario)
José Giovanni (dialogue) ...

Release Date:

août 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drame

Plot:

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past. |

Plot Keywords:

Prison | Social Worker | Dawn | Policeman | Police Officer Killed

Avis des utilisateurs:

Jean Gabin as a Marxist God figure

Ensemble

Jean Gabin	...	Germain Cazeneuve
Alain Delon	...	Gino Strabliggi
Mimsy Farmer	...	Lucie
Victor Lanoux	...	Marcel
Cécile Vassort	...	Évelyne Cazeneuve
Ilaria Occhini	...	Sophie
Guido Alberti	...	Le patron de l'imprimerie
Malka Ribowska	...	L'avocate (as Malka Ribovska)
Christine Fabréga	...	Geneviève Cazeneuve
Gérard Depardieu	...	Un jeune truand
Robert Castel	...	André Vaultier, le voisin de palier
Albert Augier	...	Rasuin
Maurice Barrier	...	Le juge d'instruction
Paul Beauvais
Gabriel Briand	...	Jeannot

Autre(s) titre(s):

Due contro la città (Italy)
Two Against the Law
Two Men in Town (USA)

Durée:

90 min | France:100 min | USA:100 min | West Germany:96 min

Pays:

France | Italy

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur (Eastmancolor)

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Lac du Salagou, Hérault, France

Company:

Adel Productions

Movie Connections:

Features Brigade antigangs (1966)

Jean Gabin as a Marxist God figure

There are only two reasons to see this film: 1. Jean Gabin and 2. An almost flawless example of a certain zeitgeist of the early 70:s. There has been several films made in several countries around the basic theme: in an evil system it's the oppressors that are responsible for creating criminals, who are actually themselves victims of a faulty society, therefore criminals should be set free and the system overturn - a new, better system shall come in which, by default, there will be no crime because we won't have any cause for it. All based on a Marxist conception of criminality in modern society that, by the way, still after 40 years rules among most criminologists in western Europe. All this is handed down to us by an extremely heavy-handed director (Giovanni is responsible for writing some of the best scripts in French cinema and should have left directing to directors), complete with lines such as "People will march on the streets!" and Gabin's final judgment on society "It's a killing machine". An utterly unbelievable criminal-turned-angel Delon tries to go straight after a 10-year sentence but the effort is shattered by an utterly unbelievably evil police detective. All this is witnessed by an elderly parole officer (Gabin) with a heart of gold. The plot is predictable, the end inevitable, and only the worst Hollywood-moralizing studio efforts are better at hammering a message down your throat. Here the message seems to be political while in Hollywood it's often rather religious, but the technique is the same, and strangely, you can hardly miss the Devil and God working around a hapless Man even here. Unless you're a fan of the great Jean Gabin, it's a waste of time.