Yves Boisset

  • Yves Boisset – R.A.S. AKA Nothing to Report (1973)

    1971-1980FrancePoliticsWarYves Boisset
    R.A.S. (1973)
    R.A.S. (1973)

    Three French conscripts with diverse political motives, are sent to a disciplinary battalion in the midst of the Algerian war. Major Lecoq is to build an elite unit with these wayward soldiers who are exposed to war, torture and death.Read More »

  • Yves Boisset – La Femme Flic aka The Woman Cop (1980)

    1971-1980DramaFranceThrillerYves Boisset
    La Femme Flic (1980)
    La Femme Flic (1980)

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    Corinne Levassuer, a Paris police inspector, uncovers some embarrassing evidence during one of her investigations and is transferred to a northern French mining town.Read More »

  • Yves Boisset – Un condé AKA Blood on My Hands (1970)

    1961-1970CrimeFranceThrillerYves Boisset

    ‘Dassa, a bar owner who refuses to sell drugs to his customers, is killed by men working for Tavernier, a gangster known as Le Mandarin. Dassas’s sister Hélène is also in danger, for the same reasons. Inspector Favenin and the young inspector Barnero are put in charge of the case. Dan Rover, one of Dassa’s friends, engages the services of a man named Viletti to kill Tavernier. Another man, Raymond, is willing to provide an alibi if necessary. Barnero has grown disillusioned with his job and wants to leave the police service, but first he intends to arrest Tavernier. One day, Favenin and Barnero fail to prevent Viletti from killing Tavernier, and Barnero gets himself killed in the process. Favenin is given permission by his superior to continue the investigation alone. What nobody realises is that Favenin is ready to act without mercy and employ some very unconventional methods to achieve his aims…’
    – Henri WillemsRead More »

  • Yves Boisset – L’attentat AKA The French Conspiracy AKA The Assassination (1972)

    1971-1980FrancePoliticsThrillerYves Boisset

    Sadiel, rebel leader in a North African state, takes refuge in Switzerland in the aftermath of a coup. Aware of the threat posed by Sadiel, the ruthless Colonel Kassar contacts the French security services to help in capturing the political activist. A police informer, Darien, is forced to lure Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to make a television coverage about the Third World. Arriving in Paris, Sadiel is captured and delivered to his opponents. Disgusted by the way he has been manipulated, Darien tries to turn back the clock, unknowing who’s dealing with.Read More »

  • Yves Boisset – Folle à tuer AKA Mad Enough to Kill (1975)

    1971-1980FranceThrillerYves Boisset

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    A young woman, out of a psychiatric clinic, is engaged as a governess of the nephew of a rich industrialist.Read More »

  • Yves Boisset – Espion, leve-toi (1982)

    1981-1990Film NoirFrancePoliticsYves Boisset

    Sébastien Grenier,a secret agent eliminates all his rivals in order to decipher who has killed some of his associates.

    Sebastien Grenier (Lino Ventura), a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich and cultivating an on-going relationship with Anna Gretz (Krystyna Janda), a German teaching at the university. Then his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative (Michel Piccoli) to discover how one of their own secret agents was found out and executed in broad daylight by a gang of terrorists. Sebastien starts to work but is immediately put off by the fact that his contacts are being murdered before he can reach them. As he gets deeper and deeper into the case, he comes to realize that he is being used in an elaborate political scheme, a scheme that leads to the death of Anna and a vow to get the killers who have now ruined what is left of his life. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie GuideRead More »

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