After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.
- Anne
- (as Isabel Corey)
- Un gangster
- (as Henri Allaume)
- Céleste Régnier
- (as Germaine Amiel)
- La deuxième fille du bar
- (as Yannick Arvel)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilmed over a painstaking period of two years, such was Jean-Pierre Melville's attention to detail. Daniel Cauchy, who plays Paolo, found time to make four other films in that period.
- GoofsMcKimmie demonstrates the four-dial combination-lock for the gang by turning all four dials before opening and closing it. But when Roger practices his safe-cracking technique on it, he misses the upper-right dial and instead works the lower-right dial a second time (after sandpapering his fingertips).
- Quotes
[subtitled version]
Bob Montagné: I was born here. It was not so dirty then. And I left to conquer the world. I was fourteen when I left my mother.
Anne: Did you go far?
Bob Montagné: Yes... a mile away.
Anne: And your father?
Bob Montagné: I use my mother's name.
Anne: She was unlucky with you both.
Bob Montagné: I returned ten years later, early one morning. I saw an old woman on her knees, scrubbing away, as she always had. That's how I recognized her. I left without a word. Then I sent her a postal order each month. One month it was sent back. She had stopped scrubbing.
- ConnectionsEdited into Journal D'un Malfrat (2017)
This movie is French, so unlike the American versions of Ocean's Eleven, there is no singing, no laughing, no hi-fiving, just straight-faced gambling, plotting and even the loving is grim and made without a smile. The characters are memorable, especially Bob and Anne as they go through life expecting no happiness. Bob never goes to bed before 6am, as he spends his nights, every night, gambling at different locations. This addiction is part of who he is and plays a key role in the twist at the end.
This movie is like a good strong Camembert. As with many French movies, definitely an acquired taste, but once one learns to appreciate the sharpness, one realizes that there is nothing comparable. Camembert, unlike bacon, is not the food of joy. But it is good, flavorful, and powerful in making one want to partake again and again. Until you feel the tanginess in your mouth, there is no describing the taste or effect, but it is definitely worth the effort to build an appreciation for it. 8/10
- jeuneidiot
- Nov 15, 2006
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Bob the Gambler
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- FRF 17,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,586
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,623
- Jan 7, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $16,152
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1