Le Mataf (1973)
French heist movie. Lots of twists and
turns, basically story about 3 heist men who forced to do a job that
goes awry and how they are going deal with the outcome. I liked the long
continues shots that are so rare in today's fast paced
music-video-style-editing. Adolfo Celi (the Spectre bad dude in James
Bond film Thunderball) makes also a good role as the catalyst behind the
heist. Directed by Serge Leroy. Recommended.La Traque (1975)
Young
English woman (Mimsy Farmer) is looking for a place to rent in a French
country side. She happens to tumble upon a guys from a local hunting
party. One of the men rape her and they leave her in the woods. Soon the
men notice that they have left one of their guns where they rape the
woman.When the rapist goes back for the gun, woman shoots him. Now the
hunting party is after her as they try to convince her to just forget
the the whole thing ever happening.Damn, every Serge Leroy movie seems to have James Bond arch enemy in them. In this movie one of the guys in the hunting party is played by Michael Lonsdale (from the James Bond adventure Moonraker). Lots of good actors: Farmer, Lonsdale, Michel Constantin( who played the lead role in Le Mataf), Jean-Luc Bideau. Plot is not so original but it's very well executed and the ending differs from a typical rape-revenge movie. Recommended.
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