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Nada

  • 19741974
  • 1h 50m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Lou Castel, Michel Duchaussoy, Maurice Garrel, Mariangela Melato, and Fabio Testi in Nada (1974)
Thriller
A group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and takes him to a farm in the coun... Read allA group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and takes him to a farm in the countryside. The French Minister gives a blank cheque to violent Chief of Police Goemond, who ... Read allA group of anarchist leftist called "Nada" and led by the terrorist Buenaventura Diaz abducts American ambassador Richard Poindexter in a brothel in Paris and takes him to a farm in the countryside. The French Minister gives a blank cheque to violent Chief of Police Goemond, who is assigned to destroy the kidnappers. Then the Minister makes him the scapegoat of the me... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
80,339
11,278
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    • Director
      • Claude Chabrol
    • Writers
      • Claude Chabrol(screenplay)
      • Antonietta Malzieri(screenplay)
      • Jean-Patrick Manchette(novel)
    • Stars
      • Fabio Testi
      • Maurice Garrel
      • Lou Castel
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Claude Chabrol
    • Writers
      • Claude Chabrol(screenplay)
      • Antonietta Malzieri(screenplay)
      • Jean-Patrick Manchette(novel)
    • Stars
      • Fabio Testi
      • Maurice Garrel
      • Lou Castel
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    • 12User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Fabio Testi
    Fabio Testi
    • Buenaventura Diaz
    Maurice Garrel
    Maurice Garrel
    • André Épaulard
    Lou Castel
    Lou Castel
    • D'Arey
    Mariangela Melato
    Mariangela Melato
    • Veronique Cash
    Michel Duchaussoy
    Michel Duchaussoy
    • Marcel Treuffais
    Michel Aumont
    Michel Aumont
    • Goemond
    Didier Kaminka
    Didier Kaminka
    • Meyer
    André Falcon
    • Le ministre…
    François Perrot
    François Perrot
    Lyle Joyce
    • Richard Poindexter
    Viviane Romance
    Viviane Romance
    • Madame Gabrielle
    Henri Attal
    Henri Attal
    Jean-Marie Arnoux
    George Birt
    François Cadet
    Philippe Dehesdin
    Ibrahim Seck
    Hervé Jacquot
    • Director
      • Claude Chabrol
    • Writers
      • Claude Chabrol(screenplay)
      • Antonietta Malzieri(screenplay)
      • Jean-Patrick Manchette(novel) (screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The film is based on the novel "Nada", by Jean-Patrick Manchette. In fact, while the gang members are discussing the plan in Treuffais' apartment, Díaz notes that the brothel the ambassador should be at is located between Kleber Avenue and Manchette Street. That is a screenwriters' funny idea. In the novel, there is not any Manchette Street, obviously.
    • Goofs
      During the kidnapping sequence, there is a photograph upstairs, behind a window, in a building just across the street. He takes a photo from the top and the picture resulting of this shot and watched by the police some days later shows a scene from the street level.
    • Quotes

      Buenaventura Diaz: [after shooting the hostage] They've come to kill us! Not to capture us but to massacre us! That's one less diplomat!

    • Connections
      Featured in Le fils de Gascogne (1995)

    User reviews12

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    Top review
    3/10
    The slump begins here
    "Nada" was the most inadequate follow-up to "Les NOces Rouges" which,with hindsight,appears now as the last good movie of Chabrol's golden era (1967-1973) "Nada" is Chabrol's first real attempt at a wholly political movie;his previous work "les Noces Rouges" had also political elements but it was more a psychological thriller with the usual look at society in French provinces."Nada" includes terrorists,ambassador,hostage-taking,a lot of blood,not really Chabrol's field.A heterogeneous cast gives the movie the coup de grâce :only Duchaussoy,who had already played with the director ,and Maurice Garrel are up to scratch.Viviane Romance ,one of Duvivier's actresses ("la Belle Equipe" "Panique") ,is wasted as a madam (Gabrielle).Italian actors (Fabio Testi,Lou Castel)are awful.

    With "Nada" this a second period of barren inspiration for Chabrol .It would be "Violette Nozières" before he was again at the top of his game.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 6, 1974 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Nada Gang
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Italian International Film
      • Les Films de la Boétie
      • Verona Produzione
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 50 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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