Nothing to Report (1973)
"R.A.S." (original title)

Director:

Yves Boisset

Writers:

Roland Perrot (story), Yves Boisset (adaptation),

Stars:

Jacques Spiesser, Jacques Villeret, Jacques Weber

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jacques Spiesser	...	Rémy March
Jacques Villeret	...	Soldat Girot
Jacques Weber	...	Alain Charpentier
Claude Brosset	...	Adjudant chef Santoni
Jean-François Balmer	...	Raymond Dax
Michel Peyrelon	...	Lieutenant Keller
Philippe Leroy	...	Commandant Lecoq
Roland Blanche	...	Sergent Lebel
Jean-Pierre Castaldi	...	Sergent Carbone
Jacques Chailleux	...	Soldat Moutier
Jacques David
Hamid Djellouli	...	Sergent Hamrane (as Ahmed Djellouli)
Albert Dray	...	Soldat Titus
Jean-Paul Franky	...	Sergent Rudy
Rabah Loucif	...	Supplétif Choukir

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

racism | riot | 1950s | topless female nudity | deserter | 

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Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

Italy France Tunisia

Language:

French

Release Date:

15 August 1973 (France)

Also Known As:

Nothing to Report

Filming Locations:

Dreux, Eure-et-Loir, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Productions de Tana, Sancrosiap, Transinter Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

User Reviews

Yves Boisset,the political director.

The Algeria war was a taboo subject for about ten years.Then at the beginning of the seventies ,came Claude Berri's "le pistonné" ,Yves Boisset's "RAS " and the best of them "avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès" by René Vautier.

Boisset's movie is a good work which ,although his characters may seem stereotyped (there's a commie,a pacifist,an anarchist,a sadistic warrant officer...),still deeply touches the audience today.Some scenes are very well directed;the riot in the station where the crowd tries to stop the train,the brothel in a tent in the desert..

The most satisfying part is the second one,because of Philippe Leroy's sensational part of commandant Lecoq.This is a clever officer.He tries to treat his men as men ,to leave them the right to argue ,in a nutshell he's a human soldier although he seems as cold as ice.....and the commie (Jacques Weber) quickly realizes that he is the most dangerous of them all...Can there be a clean war? a human soldier?A noble cause?The final pictures are an act of rebellion,and the audience sides with the deserter (Jacques Spiesse)

A beautiful song (Leny Escudero) opens the movie.