The number 1 reason why I wanted to see this movie is Lila Kedrova, my favorite actress, along with Giulietta Masina, Monica Vitti and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Unfortunately, the filmmakers only offered her a small role as a dying woman, probably inspired by her excellent role in "Zorba the Greek", she having very little screen time. The number 2 reason why I wanted to see the film is José Giovanni, a filmmaker which I admire a lot, author of some films which I like very much: "Last Known
Address" (Original title: Dernier domicile connu)
(1970), "Hit Man" (Original title: La scoumoune)(1972), "Two Men in Town" (Original title: Deux hommes dans la ville)(1973) and others. Giovanni is also a great writer for several other excellent films such as "The Sicilian Clan" (Original title: Le clan des siciliens)(1969), "Le Trou" (1960), "Classe Tous Risques" (1960), "To Skin a Spy"(Original title: Avec la peau des autres)(1966), "The Last Adventure" (Original title: Les aventuriers)(1967), "Le Deuxième Souffle" (1966). The number 3 reason why I wanted to see the film is the subject itself, robbing a bank in an ingenious way. But, this is not one of Giovanni's best films (he was once a prisoner himself, escaped from a prison). The film is monotonous, 90 of the action we see nothing but how the team of robbers digs the tunnel to reach the safe room of the bank in Nice. The choice of actors was not inspired at all, and I'm not referring to the fact that this time we don't have top stars like Alain Delon or Jean-Paul Belmondo, no. With the exception of André Pousse, who is very good in all the films in this kind of character (scoundrel informant), the others are non-expressive, very weak actors. The most annoying, for me, is the
very protagonist, Francis Huster, I consider him
totally unsuitable for such a role and, in addition,
he resembles Emmanuel Macron, whom I hate with all my heart.
