A Pyramide Distribution release of a Kaleo Films, Rhone-Alpes Cinema production. (International sales: Pyramide Int'l, Paris). Produced by Olivier Charvet. Directed by David Oelhoffen. Screenplay, David Oelhoffen, Antoine Lacomblez;
With: Nicolas Giraud, Jacques Gamblin, Gerald Laroche, Jacques Spiesser, Marie Denarnaud, Jacques Spiesser, Marie Denarnaud
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Boasting the parenting skills of a guppy, Gabriel (Jacques Gamblin) seems to have modeled his sense of personal responsibility after Robert De Niro's screw-up in "Mean Streets." Son Marco (Nicolas Giraud), a dishwasher in a hotel restaurant, leads a simple but honorable existence. Charismatic Gabriel, whose major occupation is wearing a leather jacket, drafts Marco to tail a night watchman (Jacques Spiesser) in order to reclaim money he says he's owed. Awash in extreme close-ups, elliptical run-up to the heist is majestically tedious and denouement predictable.
camera (color, widescreen), Lubomir Bakchev; editor, Sophie Bousquet-Foures; production designer, Philippe Jacob. Reviewed at Cinematheque Francaise, Paris, May 9, 2007. (In Cannes Film Festival -- Critics Week.) Running time: 100 MIN.
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