MICHEL DEVILLE, OPUS 15
wdanthemanw | Geneva, Switzerland | 12/05/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"***1/2 1974. Directed by Michel Deville. A petty bank clerk (Trintignant), is turned into a social climber under the guidance of a Machiavellian writer (Cassel). I really enjoyed this tale about a modern Rastignac who uses women to achieve power and wealth. Michel Deville is certainly a director worth your attention who deserves to be rediscovered while he's still working and alive."
"Afterwards, if you want, we can go and look at the trains".
D. J. Bowler | Federal Way, WA United States | 07/07/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Beautiful Romy Schneider, Jane Birkin, Jean-Louis Trintignant and a bunch of other aroused & talented Frenchmen shooting scenes that wouldn't be allowed to happen on the Anglo-American film axis... Great fun!
Bonus: There's an amusing film 'short' before the main feature involving an attactive young French couple and a full-grown tiger of mysterious provenance.
"Afterwards, if you want, we can go and look at the trains"... :]"