Le Gitan

Original title: Le gitan

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Hugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.Hugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.Hugo Sennart, a French gypsy, is wanted by the police for theft. Gypsy has a couple of scores to settle and one more little thing to do before he fades into the shadows.

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Trivia
In this movie adapted from a José Giovanni novel and also directed by him, Paul Meurisse plays a gangster and Marcel Bozzuffi the police commissioner Blot in charge to nail him. They both played together nine years earlier in Le Deuxième Souffle, also adapted from a José Giovanni novel but this time directed by Jean-Pierre Melville; and in this latest feature Pal Meurisse played commissioner Blot character and Bozzuffi a hoodlum.

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Referenced in Les grandes bouches (1999)

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7/10

A sobering look at gypsy life

Alain Delon. With longer hair and a hat, Delon looks like the forerunner of Johnny Depp in this 1975 film, also known as Le Gitan.

He plays French gypsy, Hugh Sennart, a robber wanted by the police. He steals from the state because he has nothing but contempt for the system because of the way his people are forced to live. These conditions are shown realistically and are sad indeed.

Hugo's story intersects with that a jewel thief, Yan Kuq (Paul Meurisse], who robs from the rich. Kuq's wife fell from their balcony. The police suspect murder, though that is not the case. However, it happened right after a burglary, which is very suspicious.

The Gypsy is doing one more heist when he runs into Yan. Here's where we learn what both men are made of, and whether or not there is honor among thieves.

Good noirish film with an excellent performance by Delon and also by Paul Maurisse and Annie Girardot. It is almost two films in one. I felt the stronger story is the one that shows the gypsy conditions. Someone described Delon's expressions as "eloquent" - yes, they were. He doesn't have a huge amount of dialogue, which he doesn't in many films, so he is a master of expression.

Not the best work from the director Jose Giovanni, but it's still good.