French Thrillers of the 1970s

Volume I - Crime Films

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de Roberto Curti et Frank Lafond

Type

Film Reviews

Sujet

Genre > Gangster films

Mots Clés

crime films, France, 1970s

Année d'édition

2025 (November 09, 2025)

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

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Format

Paperback • 414 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-4766-8681-3

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Description de l'ouvrage:
The 1970s were a pivotal decade for French crime films (also known as "polars"). The genre reached its commercial peak with box-office hits like Borsalino and Le Cercle rouge, starring the country's top stars, Jean-Paul Belmondo and Alain Delon. The decade saw the release of key works by renowned auteurs such as Jean-Pierre Melville, Henri Verneuil, Rene Clement, and Claude Lelouch, as well as the emergence of young filmmakers (Yves Boisset, Philippe Labro, Alain Corneau, and Serge Leroy, among others) who sought to retrieve the efficiency and visual dynamism of American cinema while often employing the crime genre as a tool for a more nuanced discourse, depicting a nation in the throes of urban mutation and undergoing key political changes.

This book lists all the crime films produced and released in France from 1970 to 1979, with a detailed production history and critical analysis of each title, placing them within the social and political context of post-War French culture, politics and cinema. It includes never-before-seen bits of information taken from French archives.

À propos des auteurs :
Roberto Curti is an Italian film historian and the author of books on Italian Gothic and giallo cinema, plus critical biographies of European filmmakers such as Riccardo Freda, Tonino Valerii, Elio Petri, Marco Ferreri, and Jesus Franco. He lives in Cortona, Italy.
Frank Lafond, PhD, teaches at a film school, and has published many articles, academic essays, and books. He lives in Brignoles, France.
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