Le Battant
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| Directed by | Alain Delon |
| Written by | Christopher Frank Alain Delon |
| Story by | André Caroff |
| Produced by | Pierre Roitfeld |
| Starring | Alain Delon François Périer |
| Cinematography | Jean Tournier |
| Music by | Christian Dorisse |
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| Language | French |
Le Battant is a 1983 French crime thriller film starring and directed by Alain Delon.
It recorded admissions of 1,935,094 in France.[1]
Plot
[edit]Jacques Darnay is released from prison after eight years and tries to recover a cache of stolen diamonds. He is confronted in his quest by both the police and rival criminals.
Cast
[edit]- Alain Delon as Jacques Darnay
- François Périer as Gino Ruggieri
- Pierre Mondy as Rouxel
- Anne Parillaud as Nathalie
- Andréa Ferréol as Sylviane Chabry
- Marie-Christine Descouard as Clarisse
- Michel Beaune as Pierre Mignot
- Gérard Hérold as Sauvat
- Jean-François Garreaud as Pradier
- Richard Anconina as Samatan
- Philippe Castelli as Nestor
Reception
[edit]The film had 1,935,094 admissions in France and ranked 31st in the year of 1983.[2]
Roy Armes wrote that "the limply written plot... never begins to create the requisite suspense and the wooden narcissism of the producer-star... merely serves as a reminder of how much livelier French cinema was before its stars achieved their present predominance."[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Box office information for film at Box Office story
- ^ "Le Battant (1983) - JPBox-Office". www.jpbox-office.com. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- ^ Armes, Roy (1985). French cinema. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 271. OCLC 456494962.
External links
[edit]- Le Battant at IMDb
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