Agression, L' (1975)

Director:

Gérard Pirès

Writers:

John Buell (novel)
Jean-Patrick Manchette (dialogue)

Release Date:

16 April 1975 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Biker Gang | Revenge | Based On Novel

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Paul Varlin
Catherine Deneuve	...	Sarah
Claude Brasseur	...	André Ducatel
Philippe Brigaud	...	Escudero
Milena Vukotic	...	Le juge
Franco Fabrizi	...	Sauguet
Delphine Boffy	...	Patty
Leonora Fani	...	Josy
Michèle Grellier	...	Hélène
Jacques Rispal	...	Raoul Dumouriez
Robert Charlebois	...	Justin, un motard
Jean-Claude Andruet
Jean Amos
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daniel Auteuil	...	Le fiancé de Natacha
Jacques Canselier
Jacques Chailleux	...	Un motard
Etienne Chicot	...	Un motard
Michel Delahaye	...	L'armurier
Daniel Duval	...	Un motard
Tony Gatlif	...	Un motard
Pierre Londiche
Valérie Mairesse	...	Natacha
Claude Mercutio
Patrick Messe
Jean-Jacques Moreau
Jean-Marie Poiré	...	Le chanteur des 'Frenchies' (as Martin Dune)
Mario Santini
Bernard Sury
Jacob Weizbluth

Also Known As:

Act of Aggression
Appuntamento con l'assassino (Italy)

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | USA:R

Company:

Les Films de la Seine

Soundtrack:

Empty bottle

Half interesting half "confused" 70's Euro rape/kill/revenge film.

Shown on the Italian tv-channel Rai Uno the other day and with

actor names as J L Trintignant and C Deneuve featured in a Euro "giallo" from the seventies I naturally hooked up my vcr for taping. Dubbed in Italian language I ofcourse didn't understand a single spoken word, but several scenes are experimentally(!!) actionpacked and although it dosn't come near (or tries to be) a sleaze-movie, one cannot help comparing it to films like Night Train Murders( Aldo Lado), Spoorloos(Dutch film)and Mario Bava's Rabid Dogs in terms of associations, at least. Anyways...J L Trintignant's wife and daughter are raped/killed at the very beginning by a gang of viscious bikers. Then follows a lot of talky talk always accompanied by agressive behaviour by the charactors of the movie. I'm not quite sure where and why Miss Deneuve fits in, but she does a fine job looking sexy and mature and we even get a slight glimpse of her breasts. Guess that means this is an art-movie !!?? Trintignant gets his revenge at the end and a "drive-by" shooting of one of the bikers is indeed very well executed. A bikergirl is terrorrised by a guy(who befriends Trintignant + Deneuve),who turns out to be really creepy. His "hobby" is really perverse and adds the sleaze-associations to the film. As for the music, aahhh....??? Lemme know what You think, ok?? Overall I totally recommend it to fans of Euro films....You won't be disappointed I'm sure, but try catching an English languaged version, as I'm pretty sure I missed out on a whole lot of interesting talk....yep.