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Directed by | Claude Lelouch |
Written by | Claude Lelouch Claude Pinoteau Pierre Uytterhoeven |
Produced by | Georges Dancigers Alexandre Mnouchkine |
Starring | Jean-Louis Trintignant Danièle Delorme |
Cinematography | Claude Lelouch |
Edited by | Marie-Claude Lacambre |
Music by | Francis Lai |
Distributed by | Les Artistes Associés |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
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Language | French |
Le Voyou, also known asThe Crook, is a 1970Frenchaction film which follows Simon the Swiss during his largestheist. Directed byClaude Lelouch in1970, and starringJean-Louis Trintignant, the film makes use of severalcinematic techniques to convey the elusive nature of the title character, including a circular narrative, dialogue littered with conflicting statements, flashbacks, musical montage, multiple styles of film editing, misaligned sound editing, andmovie within the movie.[1]
The film won theDavid di Donatello forBest Foreign Direction in 1971.
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