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Mon ami le traître

  • 1988
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
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Mon ami le traître (1988)
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Two criminals who enrolled in the German police to get out of prison seize an opportunity after the War to redeem themselves. The elder of the two, Mad Bosco, dies at the beginning of their ... Read allTwo criminals who enrolled in the German police to get out of prison seize an opportunity after the War to redeem themselves. The elder of the two, Mad Bosco, dies at the beginning of their adventure. Georges, 25, is greatly helped by Louise whose dream is to see him turn over a ... Read allTwo criminals who enrolled in the German police to get out of prison seize an opportunity after the War to redeem themselves. The elder of the two, Mad Bosco, dies at the beginning of their adventure. Georges, 25, is greatly helped by Louise whose dream is to see him turn over a new leaf. She introduces him to Commander Rove, a counter-espionage officer, who decides t... Read all

  • Director
    • José Giovanni
  • Writers
    • José Giovanni
    • Alphonse Boudard
    • Claude Sautet
  • Stars
    • Valérie Kaprisky
    • André Dussollier
    • Thierry Frémont
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    175
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • José Giovanni
    • Writers
      • José Giovanni
      • Alphonse Boudard
      • Claude Sautet
    • Stars
      • Valérie Kaprisky
      • André Dussollier
      • Thierry Frémont
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Valérie Kaprisky
    Valérie Kaprisky
    • Louise
    André Dussollier
    André Dussollier
    • Adrien Rove
    Thierry Frémont
    Thierry Frémont
    • Georges
    Steve Kalfa
    • Pellin
    Yves Kerboul
    Yves Kerboul
    • Colonel
    Philippe Dormoy
    • Le Bosco…
    Michel Peyrelon
    • Ibrana
    Jean-Pierre Bernard
    • Le capitaine…
    Jean-Michel Noirey
    • Minsol
    Frédéric Ratel
    • Neuvole
    Jean-Pierre Sentier
    • La Glisse
    Jean-Jacques Moreau
    • Vilar, l'avocat
    Jean-Pierre Hutinet
    • Commisaire
    Pierre Leomy
    • Le président
    • (as Pierre Léomy)
    • …
    Bernard Fontaine
    • Goetz
    Jacques Zabor
    • Dubois
    Gabriel Briand
    • Franz
    • (as Gaby Briand)
    Gérard Castellani
    • L'agent de Fustange
    • Director
      • José Giovanni
    • Writers
      • José Giovanni
      • Alphonse Boudard
      • Claude Sautet
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    A difficult subject.
    "Mon ami le traitre" is perhaps ,along with "le rapace" (1968) ,Jose Giovanni's best work.Had Lucien Lacombe (Louis Malle's hero in the 1973 eponymous movie)survived,that's what he might have become when the Liberation came in 1944.Like Lucien,Georges entered the Collaboration BY CHANCE.He was a lout,having been sentenced to jail before the war.He had mitigating circumstances:his brother was a hunchback,mistreated by his schoolmates.

    Whereas "le Bosco" (his brother) commits suicide when the allies come to France,Georges tries to redeem himself :he meets a counter-espionage officer and offers his service to break up the last French nazi circles.In a nutshell,he becomes a stool pigeon.You often feel ill-at-ease when you watch that.French sometimes turn into torturers like their former occupying forces.Hatred oozes through the whole movie,as women who slept with Germans are cropped and the crowds applause when a militiaman is shot.Sometimes the audience is bewildered and is no more able to tell good from evil:the officer's (André Dussolier) attitude,and even more,his superior's are beyond any moral."Troubled times " the colonel tersely says.

    In the last pictures,Giovanni makes us share his disgust with death penalty (which he had already shown in "deux hommes dans la ville" (1972) and which he would come back to in his final work "mon père" (2001).He and Andre Cayatte were directors who certainly contributed to the abolishment of the capital punishment in France in 1981.
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    • Release date
      • October 26, 1988 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • My Friend the Traitor
    • Production companies
      • Sara Films
      • TF1 Films Production
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      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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