Classe Tous Risques Page #4

Synopsis: Abel Davis is a criminal, hunted in Italy. The police are closing in, so he and his pal Raymond arrange to flee back to France with Abel's wife, Thérèse, and their two young sons. Abel and Raymond commit a brazen robbery to get funds, killing two men; in the escape, more die. Abel arrives in Nice with the boys, calls his pals in Paris, and gets the brush-off. Reluctantly, they send a stranger, Eric Stark, to bring Abel to Paris, but he's getting the message he's on his own. Honor, friendship, and debt now count for little. What can Abel, a wanted man with two small children and only Stark as a friend, do? "Never give ground," he tells Eric, but how long can he hold to his code?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Claude Sautet
Production: Rialto Pictures
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
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NOT RATED
Year:
1960
103 min
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It is the right of those

who are asked questions.

It's an optional right.

- Like sitting in the bus ?

No, no. Up to now,

it was quite good.

But something is not working there.

It's because of your "Hey".

There's not enough feeling in it.

It may not be your fault.

It maybe because of the text...

I can change it if you will...

It won't be necessary...

We start at the beginning again.

With Christian, Marguerite

and Janine.

I went to your place and

I was told you were here...

As you can see, we're rehearsing.

I can see that.

You don't mind ?

No, not at all.

How are the children doing ?

They're fine.

What about your friend ?

He's feeling much better.

What about his wife ?

His wife ?

She's all right. Quite all right too.

What about the machine-gun ?

You've told me

a beautiful story...

I came to tell you

the rest of it.

If you're interested.

At that road block,

if things had got wrong...

your friend would have used the gun ?

He didn't shoot.

It's all that counts

You like seafood ?

Seafood ?

Yes.

What do you really do in life ?

You really want to know ?

- Yes.

I'm a thief.

But each one has his own past.

Yes and each one knows it well.

Especially as speaking about

it can't change anything. So...

So ?

At spring they can carry all they can

find :
bits of straw, threads...

And they don't know what to do with

them :
they forgot.

They're domestic birds.

Now, they're clumsy.

As if they were ill.

You noticed all that ?

All you have to do is watch.

When you watch, you learn things.

It's true.

Sorry.

Am I disturbing you?

No, not at all.

MENTON'S GUNFIGH

His wife Therese Davos.

It's me, Eric.

Good morning.

- Good morning, Eric.

You're fine ?

- I'm all right.

Fine weather, isn't it ?

- Yeah.

I've got the papers. And the passport.

It will be helpful to peek outside.

Thanks.

I've seen the girl from the ambulance.

What does she know ?

She's a nice girl.

And she would love to go

and see your kids with me.

If she loved it so much...

You know... Abel... You don't have

to go out. I can help you.

It's never right to live

on other people's money.

What I meant is...

we could work together.

No, thank you.

The last one was Raymond Naldi,

and when you see the result...

What are your plans ?

I don't really know but I...

I think things over and...

When I'll decide to move,

I want to do it alone.

And only once.

To end it all.

You understand ?

As you like.

Right... I must be going because...

- Yes... Go !

Several times, they asked for their

father. I said he was on a trip.

What about their mother ?

- Daniel asks for her sometimes.

But Pierrot does not talk

about her.

Did you know her ?

- No, I didn't.

She was a good girl.

But Abel did very bad things when

he was very young.

Therese heard about it afterwards,

when it was time to pack.

Pierrot was born then.

And they loved each other too much

to listen to advice.

When people are happy together,

they don't part.

Since he won't come, tell him I have

always hoped for something for him.

I don't know for what,

but I have always hoped.

Abel is in Paris, Fargier. He's helped

you too much for you not to help him.

But between me and him I wonder

who you'll choose to help.

Neither one nor the other.

The past can wake up quickly.

Mine is not sleeping. It's dead.

And you don't owe anything ?

It would take several lives to

be able to afford such luxury.

As you've got only one...

- And I care for it.

What did he want ?

- Nothing, darling !

He was here about some stranger

who goes around under a false name.

You love me ?

- No.

- Any good ?

- No.

See you tonight.

I'll come by.

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Are you all right ?

Yes. What about you ?

I'm fine.

He's in.

Thank you.

Oh, it's you.

- Yes.

So you're glad ?

-Well... you don't expect it...

and it happens.

I like hearing what you're saying.

And I'll tell you something else, Eric.

If one day, you decided

to do something else...

I mean... something with which you'd

be sure to sleep at home every night...

Well... I'd be glad to hear it.

I was already told so.

I'm telling you because you always

think you're the smartest and...

when you can't defend your own

flag, you're nothing

You go down a little each day until...

Until nothing.

Until today.

Don't say that, Abel.

Yeah.

I didn't come for this,

but for something else...

Tomorrow, I'm starting something.

What is it ?

It's not much, but...

it will help me out and

I'll have some money for the kids.

And they might be able

to change names too.

Because Davos...

is not a name any more.

And afterwards, I'll leave.

So I wanted to ask you...

in case it didn't work out well...

to follow them until...

until the older one has made a life.

Of course.

It's just in case...right ?

Mr Arthur Gibelin, please.

We'll see...

Hello, Gibelin.

-That's a surprise. Abel himself !

I really didn't expect to see you.

You're alone ?

You can see for yourself.

For a man in your situation...

Coming here...

You could have met

anyone going up here.

Don't worry about that...

- Try to put yourself in my place.

I thought you were dead.

Gone far away...

You know... dead or gone far away,

that's about the same.

When you hear one and the others,

you don't know what to think.

You haven't seen Fargier ?

What's important is to breathe

and not forget good old Gibelin.

Yes. I won't be able to come back.

I'm leaving in an hour.

You've got some cash ?

It depends what you call cash...

Well...that's a lot !

You know... Times are difficult.

To get 4 units, it takes a lot...

In the past, buyers were begging

to buy. Today...

I beg to sell.

I give you for 20 and ask for 4.

But be warned I won't take less.

And if you haven't got them here,

no use to show the goods.

So ?

- I've got the amount.

But I'm not sure what you've got

is worth it.

It's junk.

Glass !

You've been had.

It's impossible !

You're crazy, Abel !

I trusted you.

Now just imagine the diamonds

were good. Open your cash-desk.

I've got nothing.

I was bluffing.

I swear, I was bluffing.

- Hurry up !

You won't do this ?

- I will.

I've got nothing to lose

and you know it.

So ?

- In the desk drawer.

Which one ?

- Top right one.

Sit down.

Come on !

Your keys !

There's almost 5 million there, Abel.

Don't complain. I'm not counting.

You must have made at least

a hundred off me.

You buy jewels at a quarter

of their worth.

Who's the girl

who opened the door ?

My daughter.

You had a daughter ?

She is my wife's.

I got remarried.

Now we'll put everything in order

and you'll call her.

and you'll tell her to go out and leave

the door open so that I can go out.

And comb your hair !

Come on ! Let's do it !

Little girl, you'll go to your aunt's

to tell her it's o.k.

O.K. for what ?

She knows.

- Right !

- One second !

You're talking?

Yes, shut the door.

If i want to.

Will that do ?

Come on !

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José Giovanni

José Giovanni (22 June 1923, Paris, France – 24 April 2004, Lausanne, Switzerland) was the pseudonym of Joseph Damiani, a French writer and film-maker of Corsican origin who became a naturalized Swiss citizen in 1986. A former collaborationist and criminal who at one time was sentenced to death, Giovanni often drew his inspiration from personal experience or from real gangsters, such as Abel Danos in his 1960 film Classe tous risques, overlooking that they had been members of the French Gestapo. In his films as well as his novels, while praising masculine friendships and advocating the confrontation of the individual against the world, he often championed the underworld but was always careful to hide his own links with the Nazi occupiers of France during World War II. more…

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