After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.After a shaky first heist, a group of thieves plan an even more elaborate and risky second heist.
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- TriviaWhen planning the train robbery they calculate a time frame of 20 minutes. When the robbery actually takes place, the sequence is exactly 20 minutes long.
- GoofsA tag is visible on Coleman's black tie when he exits the private room at the club with Cathy and Simon. The tag is not there when he enters the room.
- Quotes
Commissaire Edouard Coleman: The only feelings mankind has ever inspired in policemen are those of indifference and derision.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sous le nom de Melville (2008)
- SoundtracksC'est ainsi que les Choses Arrivent
Music by Michel Colombier
Lyrics by Charles Aznavour
Performed by Isabelle Aubret
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Underrated Melville effort
Neglected Melville crime thriller isn't exactly good, but isn't bad either -- feels half-finished, more than anything. Crenna and Delon are friends; they're also on different sides of the law, with Delon a cop and Crenna secretly the head of a gang of thieves who specialize in risky heists. On the other hand, Delon is secretly carrying on with Catherine Denuve, Crenna's girlfriend. Plot too allusive for it's own good -- a bit more grounding of the characters are needed, since their motivations as it stands are opaque (why are Delon and Crenna friends? why is Delon carrying on with Deneuve? if Crenna knows, as he seems to, why is he allowing it? what does Denuve think of all this?). Low budget also hurts the movie -- the centerpiece of the film, an elaborate heist on board a moving train, looks phony and very cheap. (This is a rare movie that probably would benefit from a remake). On the other hand, Melville remains a master of gloomy atmosphere, the setpieces more or less work (the opening sequence, a bank robbery in a cold and rainy seaside town, is well done) and the actors all give it their best. Final shot of the movie is very well done.
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- dj_bassett
- Mar 14, 2004
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- Also known as
- Dirty Money
- Filming locations
- Saint-Jean-de-Monts, Vendée, France(bank robbery at the beginning)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $48,040
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $10,342
- Apr 21, 2013
- Gross worldwide
- $48,040
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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