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La baston

  • 1985
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
4.9/10
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La baston (1985)
CrimeDrama

After doing some time in jail, René has finally said goodbye to his criminal past. But when his son is mortally ill and in desperate need of expensive medical help, René can't refuse the off... Read allAfter doing some time in jail, René has finally said goodbye to his criminal past. But when his son is mortally ill and in desperate need of expensive medical help, René can't refuse the offer to crack a safe in a villa. What René and his pals don't know is that they serve as a d... Read allAfter doing some time in jail, René has finally said goodbye to his criminal past. But when his son is mortally ill and in desperate need of expensive medical help, René can't refuse the offer to crack a safe in a villa. What René and his pals don't know is that they serve as a decoy for criminals who have much bigger plans. Can he escape from the police?

  • Director
    • Jean-Claude Missiaen
  • Writers
    • Jacques Labib
    • Jean-Claude Missiaen
  • Stars
    • Robin Renucci
    • Véronique Genest
    • Gérard Desarthe
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.9/10
    60
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jean-Claude Missiaen
    • Writers
      • Jacques Labib
      • Jean-Claude Missiaen
    • Stars
      • Robin Renucci
      • Véronique Genest
      • Gérard Desarthe
    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Robin Renucci
    Robin Renucci
    • René Levasseur
    Véronique Genest
    Véronique Genest
    • Denise Levasseur
    Gérard Desarthe
    • Lucien Puget
    Michel Constantin
    Michel Constantin
    • Raoul
    Patrick Depeyrrat
    • Francis Daroy
    Lucas Belvaux
    Lucas Belvaux
    • Jeanjean Levasseur
    Natacha Inutine
    • Tonia
    • (as Natacha Finlay)
    Annick Alane
    • Yvonne Levasseur
    • (as Annik Alane)
    Dominique Pinon
    Dominique Pinon
    • Marcel Noblet
    Jean-Claude Bouillaud
    • Raymond Levasseur
    Gérard Sergue
    • Georges Joulin
    Pierre Ivanoff
    • Freddy Lecourtois
    David Jalil
    • Un inspecteur de la PJ
    Jean-Pierre Maurin
    • Le brigadier-chef
    Steve Kalfa
    • Le commissaire PJ
    Elisabeth Margoni
    Elisabeth Margoni
    • Vanessa
    François Aguettant
    Hugues Amesland
    • Luc Levasseur
    • Director
      • Jean-Claude Missiaen
    • Writers
      • Jacques Labib
      • Jean-Claude Missiaen
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    The last of Missaien's real films

    What a shame that this movie is the last directed by Jean-Claude Missaien, a real lover and "connaisseur" of the American film noir from the 40's and 50's. A real lover. His three films: TIR GROUPE, RONDE DE NUIT and LA BASTON are real good crime movies, sharp, violent, fierce and human too. Many of us compared Missaien as a new Jean-Pierre Melville.

    But he came at the wrong time. The early 80's, and later 90's, were the worst years for french crime movie industry. All that because of television series. All that crap like Navarro, Moulin, Julie Lescaut...made that all audiences avoided real crime movies in the theatres.

    We had to wait until 1997 and J'IRAI AU PARADIS CAR L'ENFER EST ICI, LE COUSIN, and five more years with Olivier Marchall's genius, to see french crime movies again in dark rooms...

    La Baston is a pretty good programmer about the face to face between a group of professional thieves and a gang of petty thugs who are used by the firsts as decoys in a daring police station robbery in order to steal a big drug shipment. When the young hoods rob a fancy property, and the police force of course warned towards them, the real gangsters of the film can attack the police station...

    A revenge film, ruthless, poignant, painful, with characters deeply described. A real film noir "à la française". The last of these for almost a decade.

    Don't miss it. For God's sake.

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      Gerard Sergue plays here a gangster belonging to a group of hoodlums using petty thugs as a decoy for a big heist against a police headquarters. As he also played in Liste Noire, where a group of professional armed robbers used also petty hoodlums as decoy for an armored truck attack.

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    • Release date
      • August 7, 1985 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Productor's Official Website
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    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Verraten und verkauft
    • Production companies
      • L.C.J Editions & Productions
      • Les Productions du Daunou
      • Sherwood Production
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
    • Color
      • Color

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