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Adieu l'ami (1968)

Adieu l'ami poster
Directed by
Jean Vautrin
Genre
drama film, film noir, buddy film, heist film, crime film, neo-noir
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
AL
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 111 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two men are hired to rob a safe during a company's closing party. After the heist goes wrong, they form an uneasy alliance to survive double-crosses and police pressure.

tensestylishsuspensefulcoolbleakmethodicalcerebralnoirish

What happens

Adieu l'ami (also known as Farewell, Friend, reissued as Honor Among Thieves) is a 1968 French-Italian heist crime film directed by Jean Herman and produced by Serge Silberman, with a screenplay by Sebastien Japrisot. The film was a great success in Europe and made Charles Bronson a star there after a career as a supporting actor in Hollywood. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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