In 1972, Jacques Deray, the master of detective cinema to whom we owe classics of the genre such as Borsalino and Flic Story, set his cameras in the United States to film A Man is Dead.
The story of a French assassin (Jean-Louis Trinignan) who agrees to go to Los Angeles to kill an American billionaire to pay off his debts. Stuck there, he then finds himself being pursued by another killer…
Post-Borsalino for Jacques Deray and Jean-Claude Carriere
feature film The man diedOne of five collaborations Jacques Deray and screenwriter with Jean-Claude Carrière Borsalino (1970), Little Sun in Cold Water (1971), The Gang (1977) and Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978), a curiosity in the film director’s career.
The film’s signature with elaborate staging and slow pacing, Deray manages to capture the special atmosphere of Los Angeles, a giant city from which, paradoxically, a strong impression of loneliness emerges.
High qualityThe man diedCarried by Michel Legrand’s music, she is clearly its star performer. In the role of a hunter immersed in an unknown and hostile world, Jean-Louis TrinignanMysterious and more obscure than ever is perfect.
As for his showdown with American Roy Scheider (Jaws, The French Connection), it’s definitely worth a detour.
An impressive Franco-American actor
conducted by a high-level actor (in addition Jean-Louis Trinignan and Roy ScheiderEspecially featured in the credits are Anne-Margret, Angie Dickinson and Michelle Constantine), feature film The man died It’s a little-known thriller that you’ll quickly discover this Monday night. Do not hesitate for a second!
Tonight at Arte at 20:55.
Source: Allocine
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