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And Hope to Die (1972)

And Hope to Die poster
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
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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)

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