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Le ruffian

  • 1983
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
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Le ruffian (1983)
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Aldo, in his fifties, works in a gold mine in Northern Canada, in the middle of a bunch of adventurers.Aldo, in his fifties, works in a gold mine in Northern Canada, in the middle of a bunch of adventurers.Aldo, in his fifties, works in a gold mine in Northern Canada, in the middle of a bunch of adventurers.

  • Director
    • José Giovanni
  • Writer
    • José Giovanni
  • Stars
    • Lino Ventura
    • Bernard Giraudeau
    • Claudia Cardinale
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    836
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • José Giovanni
    • Writer
      • José Giovanni
    • Stars
      • Lino Ventura
      • Bernard Giraudeau
      • Claudia Cardinale
    • 2User reviews
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    Lino Ventura
    Lino Ventura
    • Aldo
    Bernard Giraudeau
    Bernard Giraudeau
    • Gérard
    Claudia Cardinale
    Claudia Cardinale
    • La 'baronne'
    Béatrix Van Til
    • Éléonore
    Pierre Frag
    • John
    August Schellenberg
    August Schellenberg
    • Neslon Harting
    James Ernest Davis
    • An Indian
    • (as James E. Davis Jr.)
    Danyl Wahayenni-Martin
    • An Indian
    Rick Alkerton
    Robert Bouchard
    Robert Bouchard
    Broan Bowron
    Mike Bradford
    Donald Brown
    Lorne Carry
    William Collins
    George Dalke
    Jim Draper
    Albert Eggen
    • Director
      • José Giovanni
    • Writer
      • José Giovanni
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    5/10
    Falls apart after the prologue
    Starts absolutely masterful and then nosedives hard, sadly.

    The amazing Lino Ventura plays a rough prospector in the rocky mountains, at least we're lead to believe that. After a stunningly directed and framed violent and exciting prologue full of beautiful landscape photography scored with a Ennio Morricone soundtrack the movie transforms into an awkward garbled mess that doesn't really know what it wants to be.

    I have rarely seen a movie nosedive this hard. I would have loved if the movie had stayed a rough wilderness survival adventure piece with a solo Lino Ventura fighting nature and bandits.

    But as it is I can only recommend everyone watch the movie until Lino Ventura arrives in the city and immediately destroy the DVD or Blu-Ray they're watching, to keep the great impressions of the first arc and spare themselves the sour note of a completely blundered premise.
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    • Release date
      • January 12, 1983 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Canada
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der Rammbock
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Corporation Image M & M
      • Les Films Christian Fechner
      • Parma Films
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    • Budget
      • CA$5,300,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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