La bande à Bonnot (1969)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Philippe Fourastié

Writers:

Jean Pierre Beaurenant (writer)
Pierre Fabre (writer)

Plot Keywords:

Anarchism

Cast

Jacques Brel	...	Raymond Callemin dit 'Raymond la Science'
Bruno Cremer	...	Jules Bonnot
Annie Girardot	...	Maria la Belge
Jean-Pierre Kalfon	...	Octave Garnier
François Dyrek	...	Édouard Carouy
Dominique Maurin	...	Soudy
Michel Vitold	...	Victor Kilbatchiche
Nella Bielski	...	Rirette Maîtrejean
Pascal Aubier	...	Eugène Dieudonné
Anne Wiazemsky	...	La Vénus rouge
Armand Mestral	...	Jouin
François Moro-Giafferi	...	L'armurier
Léonce Corne	...	Le préfet
Jean Mauvais
Jean-Michel Dhermay

Also Known As:

Bonnot's Gang (International: English title)
La banda Bonnot (Italy)

Runtime:

France:110 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, France

Company:

Intermondia Films

Bonnot and Clyde.

A movie which would never have been made if Arthur Penn's "Bonnie and Clyde had not been a blockbuster everywhere the year before.First there was a song "La Bande à Bonnot" sung by Joe Dassin(son of Jules) ,and then this film...

Well I do not like it very much ,but it's nice to see Jacques Brel ,Annie Girardot and a good cast.The story itself is never really exciting,dealing with anarchists ,but violent ones.The Bonnot gang is certainly more faithful to the historical models than their American counterparts of the Barrow gang ,but their story is not more interesting for all that.Penn's film's strength was to make dashing Robin Hoods of two lousy gangsters.In spite of the actors,"la Bande à Bonnot" is a boring work.