(1971) Max and the Junkmen/ Max et les ferrailleurs
(In French with English subtitles)
CRIME DRAMA
Co-written and directed by Claude Sautet that has police Lt. Max (Michel Piccoli) arriving to the aftermath of a successful bank job before being assigned to the case. And as a result of learning that a former police informant had been killed in the line of duty, Max decides to take his place. Coincidentally, the person Max is following who manages to gain his trust from, by the name of Abel (Bernard Fresson) is responsible for that heist at the opening, who used to be an old acquaintance of Max's. As soon as he finds out that he works in scrap metal, and learns that he is one of a gang of 7 hence the title "Max and the Junkmen" who participate in bank heist jobs, he also finds out that Abel also has a prostitute as his girlfriend, Julia (Romy Schneider). And it was at that point, he forms an unusual bond with her.
Co-written and directed by Claude Sautet that has police Lt. Max (Michel Piccoli) arriving to the aftermath of a successful bank job before being assigned to the case. And as a result of learning that a former police informant had been killed in the line of duty, Max decides to take his place. Coincidentally, the person Max is following who manages to gain his trust from, by the name of Abel (Bernard Fresson) is responsible for that heist at the opening, who used to be an old acquaintance of Max's. As soon as he finds out that he works in scrap metal, and learns that he is one of a gang of 7 hence the title "Max and the Junkmen" who participate in bank heist jobs, he also finds out that Abel also has a prostitute as his girlfriend, Julia (Romy Schneider). And it was at that point, he forms an unusual bond with her.