Le Choc (1982)

Directed by

Robin Davis

Genre

crime film, thriller film, neo-noir, gangster film, film based on a novel

Country

France

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A hitman tries to leave his life of organized crime. He escapes to the countryside and falls in love with a beautiful woman.

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What happens

Le Choc (lit. 'The Shock') is a 1982 French crime thriller film directed by Robin Davis and starring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, and Philippe Léotard. Based on the novel The Prone Gunman (La position du tireur couché) by Jean-Patrick Manchette, the film is about a hitman who wants to retire from his life in organized crime and flees to the country where he meets and falls in love with a beautiful woman. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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