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A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
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Did you know
- TriviaMichel Piccoli was so eager for the leading role of Max he brought Sautet an outfit designed by a tailor, who specialized for plainclothes police officers.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Claude Sautet ou La magie invisible (2003)
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Claude Sautet's best noir
Claude Sautet was one of the most prestigious French film makers ever, especially during the seventies and eighties. The Romy Schneider era was his highlight. He was an awesome, brilliant actors director and not only in "friends symphony " dramas, but also in crime films: CLASSE TOUS RISQUES, L'ARME A GAUCHE and this one, which is his best crime for me. An intelligent story inspired by a Claude Néron's novel, the author of a book that also inspired Sautet: VINCENT FRANCOIS PAUL ET LES AUTRES, and some novelisations too. The book is rather complex to summarize but the adaptation makes things far easier for the audiences. The topic of cops manipulating punks reminds me some Bill James' novels, a British crime novelist. Here, Michel Piccoli and Romy Schneider are at their forever peak, outstanding and the atmosphere of Paris suburb absolutely superb too. Especially Piccoli in a so ambivalent and ambiguous role. Disturbing would be the proper word. A pure jewel, masterpiece of the crime French film industry. But try to read the book, it is really worth. Jaw dropping finale.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Maks i lopovi
- Filming locations
- Alfortville, Val-de-Marne, France(junkyard along railroad, now redeveloped)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,450
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $11,264
- Aug 12, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $40,762
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