Witness in the City (1959) Un témoin dans la ville
Witness in the City (1959)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
HDRip | MKV | 720x432 | XviD @ 2085 Kbps | 89 min | 1,45 Gb
Audio: Français AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded in MKV)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director: Édouard Molinaro
Writers: Pierre Boileau (novel), Édouard Molinaro
Stars: Lino Ventura, Sandra Milo, Franco Fabrizi
Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice. He waits for him in his house and hangs him. He leaves the place unseen, at least this is what he thinks. But unfortunately for him, Lambert, a taxi driver has witnessed him. Ancelin has no option but to get rid of him…
Excellent, very entertaining cat-and-mouse thriller, as an avenging husband (the incomparable Lino Ventura) tries to kill a witness to a murder. In its spare monochrome Decae photography, cool jazz soundtrack, nocturnal settings, focus on elaborate plot mechanics, and privileging of an unlovely outsider, the film is reminiscent of Melville. The 'villain' is only responding to a vicious circle of transgression and injustice, and his plight becomes an allegory for the lonely outsider locked out of a conformist society. The rigorous purity of Melville's aesthetic is softened by romance and comedy, but these only intensify the sense of impending tragedy.
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Witness in the City (1959) Un témoin dans la ville
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