Tag Archives: Michel Audiard

from Simenon to Hitchcock (film: Maigret tend un piège – Jean Delannoy, 1957)

Posted on December 11, 2024 by admin

Jean Delannoy lived to be a hundred years old and directed some 40 feature films in a career spanning over six decades. He was a contemporary of classical French cinema, of the directors of the New Wave and those who … Continue reading →

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damned be the savior (film: 125, rue Montmartre – Gilles Grangier, 1959)

Posted on February 24, 2024 by admin

The year 1959 in which Gilles Grangier‘s ‘125 rue Montmartre‘ was made was not an ordinary year in the history of French cinema. It was the year of the release of films like ‘Les quatre cent coups’ and ‘Hiroshima mon … Continue reading →

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the first Gabin-Delon (film: Mélodie en sous-sol – Henri Verneuil, 1963)

Posted on December 21, 2023 by admin

‘Mélodie en sous-sol‘ (1963) is an excellent heist film, one of the best of director Henri Verneuil‘s heyday and the first screen collaboration between Jean Gabin and Alain Delon. The great French star and the conqueror of hearts in the … Continue reading →

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2 x Belmondo, 1 (and only) Raquel Welch (film: L’animal – Claude Zidi, 1977)

Posted on June 9, 2023 by admin

‘L’animal‘, made in 1977, is a film shrouded in stardust. The director is Claude Zidi, one of the most famous French authors of popular comedies, who is also the co-author of the screenplay whose dialogues are written by the legendary … Continue reading →

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an immersive police investigation (film: On ne meurt que deux fois – Jacques Deray, 1985)

Posted on December 13, 2022 by admin

At first glance ‘On ne meurt que deux fois‘ (or ‘He Died with His Eyes Open‘ – the title of the English version) is another detective movie, with a police inspector investigating a murder. And yet this ‘whodunit’ style story … Continue reading →

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slightly below the expectations (film: Tendre poulet – Philippe de Broca, 1977)

Posted on November 11, 2021 by admin

I had plenty of reasons to be optimistic when I chose to see ‘Tendre poulet‘, Philippe de Broca‘s film made in 1977. It is labeled as ‘romantic and detective comedy’, two genres in which de Broca had some notable successes. … Continue reading →

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two legends (film: Un singe en hiver – Henri Verneuil, 1962)

Posted on October 9, 2021 by admin

In 1962, the year when Henri Verneuil made ‘Un singe en hiver‘, Jean Gabin was 58 years old (younger than Tom Cruise is today!), He was already considered a ‘sacred monster’ of the French screen and had entered the final … Continue reading →

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Belmondo and Friends (film: Flic ou voyou – Jean-Paul Belmondo, 1979)

Posted on April 26, 2021 by admin

‘Flic ou voyou‘ (English title is ‘Cop or Hood‘) made in 1979 by Georges Lautner is first and foremost a Belmondo movie. The screenplay (adaptation of a novel, with dialogues written by Michel Audiard) is written with the goal to … Continue reading →

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