La Faille (1975)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 111 minuten
Alternative title: Weak Spot
Country:
France / Italy / West Germany
Directed by: Peter Fleischmann
Stars: Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi and Mario Adorf
IMDb score:
6,6 (415)
Releasedate: 1 January 1975
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La Faille plot
In an unnamed country, an apparently peaceful citizen is arrested for reasons unknown and escorted by the Manager and the Inquisitor to a symbolic exchange. During the journey, a conflicting relationship develops between the prisoner and the Inquisitor, but upon arrival, the Secret Service manages to expose the former as a member of the political opposition and restore the latter to duty and order.
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Fransman
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Story is set in Greece during the colonels' regime (1967-1974), although it is rather vague about it. Maybe because the Colonels were gone when the movie was made, but their ghosts still haunted. Possibly also because the original story took place in the thirties when Greece was already suffering from a military dictatorship, that of Metaxas. And they are all the same: civil liberties are abolished, the rule of law is abolished, and the secret services have free rein to apprehend "subversives," whatever they may be. Likewise here.
A seemingly peaceful citizen (Hugo Tognazzi) is apprehended and must be taken to the capital for questioning by a cop (Michel Piccoli) and his violent aide. During that trip, quite a few things go wrong and a kind of cat and mouse game ensues between the suspect and the officer. The violent denouement follows in the capital. It all sounds a bit more exciting than it is and it's a pity that the synopsis gives too much away here. Nice to look at those two acting guns (Tognazzi and Piccoli) of that time. That never gets boring.
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