Gas-Oil (1955)
- Original title
- Gas-oil
- Directed by
- Gilles Grangier
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 37 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A tough truck driver in rural France gets mixed up in a robbery and must deal with the aftermath. The film follows his efforts to protect his job and his relationships while under pressure from the law and local criminals.
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What happens
Gas-Oil is a 1955 French crime drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Jeanne Moreau, Gaby Basset and Ginette Leclerc. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location at a variety of places. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier. It was one of a number of films portraying tough truck drivers made in the wake of the success of the 1953 film The Wages of Fear. It was the first of many films in which Gabin appeared in written by his fellow Parisian Michel Audiard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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