Max & Jeremie (1992)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Claire Devers

Writers:

Claire Devers (screenplay)
Bernard Stora (screenplay)

Release Date:

14 October 1992 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Police | Violence | Explosion | Immaturity | Gangster

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Philippe Noiret	...	Robert 'Max' Maxendre
Christopher Lambert	...	Jeremie Kolachowsky (as Christophe Lambert)
Jean-Pierre Marielle	...	Almeida
Christophe Odent	...	Jacky Cohen
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.	...	Sam Marberg
Thierry Gimenez	...	Richard
Jean-Pierre Miquel	...	Maubuisson
José Quaglio	...	Eugène Agopian
Patrick Rocca	...	L'homme de main
Christine Dejoux	...	Lisa
Jean-Marc Maurel	...	Le type
Michèle Laroque	...	Suzanne
Volker Marek	...	L'Allemand
Karin Viard	...	La fille
Patrick Aurignac	...	Éric

Also Known As:

Max and Jeremy

Runtime:

Argentina:110 min | France:115 min | Spain:110 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | France:U | Argentina:16 | Chile:18 | Spain:18

Filming Locations:

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.'s last movie.

Movie Connections:

Features "Starsky and Hutch" (1975)

the master and the pupil

In the French humorous show, "les guignols de l'info", Christophe Lambert often says in a weary tone: "Yeah, I know. All my movies are rotten." Well, he should think twice before telling silly things. Indeed, "Max et Jérémie" (1992) is his best movie since "Greystoke" (1984). And this terrific movie is perfectly mastered by Claire Devers. This woman's got plenty of nerve to film violence and blood.

As it was the case with another French movie "the little criminal" (1990, dialogs constitute the vividness of the movie. They contain a lot of humor that enables to keep the spectator in suspense. It also enables to reduce the seriousness of the dramatic side of the story. But especially, Claire Devers emphasized on the dialogs for a better focus on the relationships between the two men: on one hand, Jérémie (Christophe Lambert): a lost young man who wishes to gain Philippe Noiret's friendship and on the other hand, Max (Philippe Noiret), an elderly man who'll gradually become attached to Max. Little by little, a (a bit confused but strong) friendship will link the two men. Obviously, this friendship will have its ups and downs.

Apart from this, the action sequences aren't neglected for all that and they turn out to be thrilling. At the end, the whole gives a stable movie and remarkably well constructed. In spite of a few weaknesses (Claire Devers dressed a caricatured portrait of Jean-Pierre Marielle's assistant and the last twenty minutes tend to run out of steam), it's useless to be fussy for this brilliant success. This is arguably one of the best French detective movies of the nineties. At last, one thing I don't understand: how can such a good movie have a rather low mark on IMDB? It's not fair, it deserves much more recognition.