Rififí en la ciudad (1963)

Directed by

Jesús Franco

Genre

crime film, thriller film, noir fiction

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

18

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A criminal investigation unfolds in a Spanish city. The story follows a detective and a mysterious man from the past.

tensenoirslow-burnsuspensefulgrittymelancholiccerebralunderstated

What happens

Rififi in the City (Spanish: Rififi en la ciudad) is a 1964 Spanish film directed and co-written by Jesús Franco, and starring Fernando Fernán Gómez, Jean Servais, Laura Granados and Antonio Prieto.It is based on the novel Vous souvenez vous de Paco?  (transl. Do You Remember Paco?) by author Charles Exbrayat. Initially set as a Spanish and French co-production, changes in distribution agreements led to the film only being produced by Cooperativa Cinematográfica Albatros. Filming was initially set to begin on February 13, 1963, but was delayed for two months. While the film received a positive review in the Spanish newspaper Arriba, it was dismissed in the Spanish film magazine Film Ideal. The film has since received some positive reception from Spanish publications, including being included in an anthology of Spanish film in 1997. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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