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Espion, lève-toi (1982)
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27 January 1982 (France) morePlot Keywords:
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Abstract politics. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lino Ventura | ... | Sébastien Grenier | |
| Michel Piccoli | ... | Jean-Paul Chance | |
| Bruno Cremer | ... | Richard | |
| Bernard Fresson | ... | Henri Marchand | |
| Marc Mazza | ... | Ramos Bavila | |
| Roger Jendly | ... | Le commissaire Lohmann | |
| Heinz Bennent | ... | Meyer | |
| Krystyna Janda | ... | Anna Gretz | |
| Beate Kopp | ... | La secrétaire de Grenier | |
| Christian Baltauss | ... | Le bibliothécaire | |
| Kurt Bigger | ... | Alfred Zimmer | |
| Jean-Paul Franky | ... | Rudy la blonde | |
| Yves Boisset | ... | L'adjoint de Richard | |
| Daniel Plancherel | ... | L'inspecteur Vogel | |
| Philippe Brizard | ... | Le collaborateur de Grenier |
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Yves Boisset has always been a politically committed director,but his stories are always linear and accessible:hence their efficiency,even if people complain about their manicheism or naiveté.One cannot deny their impact on the audience when it comes to depict the Algerian war (in RAS) or racism (in Dupont Lajoie,probably his best effort).
"Espion lève -toi" moves in another direction ;relatively speaking it shows the influence of Pakula and "the parallax view".A hero (Ventura)fighting against something he does not really understand,estranged from his compatriots in Zurich ,Switzerland,the symbol of the power of money.Around him everybody's dying,even his lover ,a German professor is threatened ,and maybe she's not the woman he thinks she is (hints at Baader's gang and terrorism).When Ventura strikes back,not only it's too late but it may also be absurd and pointless:he 's nothing but a puppet on a string like laurence Harvey in "Mandchourian candidate" .
This movie is unique in Boisset's career:it was initially to be directed by Zulawski,and the snub critics used to say what a better movie it would have been !It's not sure :Zulawski's works are often pretentious and -in France,abroad they do not seem to bother- overrated ("posession" or "l'important c'est d'aimer")and Boisset's simplicity and academic but efficient style fit the screenplay like a glove.Unlike Frankenheimer's and Pakula 's works I Mention above,"Espion lève-toi" is no masterpiece but it should appeal to people who like this genre.
Yves Boisset got lost after this effort:he tackled pure thriller with "le prix du danger" "canicule "or "bleu comme l'enfer",and deprived of his political or social comments he was nothing but another director