That money can be spent on such well-worn screenplays is beyond me.A man released from jail(?) comes back to his native mountains to find a job in a sawmill and love....but it's his boss's wife.But the boss's kid brother was also the lady's former lover. Cardboard characters" -the heroine is not even a beauty,but she seems to be the one woman around-move in a beautiful landscape .
The only reason to watch this dull flick is Serge Reggiani:he is the only actor on the screen who can generate some emotion.Unlike the others ,he has a legend going for him ("les portes de la nuit" "Casque d'or" "Manon" "les amants de Verone" and many more).But his part is minimal and he who was young under Carné's or Becker's reign did not deserve to get old in "coupe-franche" .He died last month and all that the French telly found to pay tribute to his talent was this dud.
