And Hope to Die (1972)

Original title

La Course du lièvre à travers les champs

Directed by

René Clément

Genre

drama film, heist film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A French fugitive hides out in Canada. He gets pulled into a planned heist in Montreal.

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What happens

And Hope to Die (French: La Course du lièvre à travers les champs, lit. 'The Hare's Race Across the Fields') is a 1972 crime thriller film directed by René Clément, and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Lea Massari, and Aldo Ray. An international co-production between France and Italy, the film centers on a French fugitive on the run in Canada (Trintignant), who becomes embroiled in a heist in Montreal. It is loosely based on the 1954 novel Black Friday by American author David Goodis. The film was released in France on September 15, 1972. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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