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LA BONNE ANNÉE
France, 1973
Directed by Claude Lelouch
Written by Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven
Starring Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian, Charles Gérard
In French with English subtitles.
Approx. 110 min.
“Ventura plays an aging thief, pulling a diamond job in Cannes and falling for Fabian's elegant antique-dealer. Opening with a clip from A MAN AND A WOMAN, the film by implication yearns nostalgically for the relative simplicity and certainty of that relationship. The present couple have become less sure but more knowing. Twice divorced, she feels obliged to take lovers while he's in prison; he looks far from convinced by their final reconciliation. But any exploration of such cynicism is largely dissipated by the surfeit of Gallic charm, with Lelouch's camera fidgeting away as he bolsters up his story with a layer of chic, some pat phrase-making, and a lot of modish references. Ventura's presence nevertheless lends weight.” – Time Out
Presented with support from The George Fasel Memorial Fund for Classic French Cinema
Reviews
“Works as a thriller, romance, and a humanistic story, and emanates chic every step of the way.”
– Judith Crist, New York Magazine