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José Giovanni

José Giovanni

film director (1923-2004)
June 22, 1923 (April 24, 2004)

Two Men in Town

V.O.: La Voie de l'ennemi
Runtime: 116 min.

The Second Wind

V.O.: Le Deuxième Souffle
Fr. 2007. Crime drama by Alain Corneau with Daniel Auteuil, Monica Bellucci, Michel Blanc. Before fleeing to Italy, a mobster on the run participates in a final robbery to bail himself out.
Runtime: 155 min.

The Repentant

V.O.: La Repentie
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 2000. Biography by José Giovanni with Bruno Cremer, Vincent Lecoeur, Rufus. In the late 1940s, a young man sentenced to death for gangsterism despises his father who, nevertheless, moves Heaven and Earth to save him.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1996. Mores drama by José Giovanni with Michel Voïta, Claire Ha Duong, Rufus.
Runtime: 93 min.
Fr. 1991. Drama by José Giovanni with Michel Sardou, Lorraine Pilkington, Thérèse Liotard. A lonely advertising executive finds himself in charge of an Irish teenager with suicidal ideas about heroism.
Runtime: 95 min.
Fr. 1988. War drama by José Giovanni with Thierry Frémont, André Dussollier, Valérie Kaprisky. After the Liberation, a small thug who served in the Gestapo during the war tries to ""redeem"" himself by collaborating with the French S
Runtime: 119 min.
Fr. 1988. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Mimsy Farmer, Georges Corraface, Mark Stokle. A mother whose son has been kidnapped by child traffickers decides to take justice into her own hands with the help of a gypsy.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Rufus, Georges Wod, Sophie Ladmiral. In Geneva, a police commissioner tries to arrest a maniac who murders middle-class women in their fifties.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1985. Adventures by José Giovanni with Claude Brasseur, Jean-Roger Milo, Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu. A commando of mercenaries is about to free a NATO general who was kidnapped by terrorists.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1982. Adventures by José Giovanni with Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau, Claudia Cardinale. A French immigrant in Canada tries, with some friends, to recover a shipment of gold lost in a waterfall in the Great North.
Runtime: 107 min.
Fr. 1980. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Annie Girardot, Jacques Perrin, Claude Brasseur.
Runtime: 107 min.
Runtime: 115 min.
Fr. 1976. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Alain Delon, Louis Julien, Charles Vanel. A former mobster turned industrialist comes to the defense of his teenage son accused of murdering a police officer.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1975. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Alain Delon, Paul Meurisse, Marcel Bozzuffi. While pursuing criminal exploits, a gypsy crosses paths with a safecracker wanted for murder.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1973. Psychological drama by José Giovanni with Alain Delon, Jean Gabin, Michel Bouquet. A former prisoner on the path to rehabilitation is harassed by a police officer.
Runtime: 97 min.

Scoumoune

V.O.: La Scoumoune
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale, Michel Constantin. The story of a Marseille mobster in the 1930s and 1940s.
Runtime: 110 min.
Runtime: 110 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin. A detective and his assistant search for a witness who is needed to convict a mob boss.
Runtime: 106 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by José Giovanni with Jean-Claude Bouillon, Maurice Garrel, Nicoletta. Wounded in a hold-up, a thief escapes from a hospital to exonerate his fianc
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1968. Adventures by José Giovanni with Lino Ventura, Xavier Marc, Rosa Furman. In 1938, Mexican revolutionaries hire a man to kill the country's president.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1968. Crime drama by Robert Enrico with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Joanna Shimkus, Paul Crauchet. In the service of a group of gangsters, an ace driver falls into a trap set for him by the police.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Sicilian Clan

V.O.: Le Clan des Siciliens
Fr. 1968. Crime drama by Henri Verneuil with Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Lino Ventura. A young bandit gets help from a Sicilian family in Paris to steal a collection of jewels on display in a museum in Rome.
Runtime: 125 min.
Fr. 1967. Drama by José Giovanni with Michel Constantin, Alexandra Stewart, Roger Blin. Two men fight to the death for the possession of a young girl.
Runtime: 100 min.

The Last Adventure

V.O.: Les Aventuriers
Fr. 1967. Adventures by Robert Enrico with Lino Ventura, Alain Delon, Joanna Shimkus. Three friends, victims of reversals of fortune, leave in search of a treasure off the coast of the Congo.
Runtime: 120 min.
Fr. 1966. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin. A prison escapee tries to prove that he is not a ""donor.""
Runtime: 150 min.
Fr. 1966. Spy drama by Jacques Deray with Lino Ventura, Jean Bouise, Jean Servais. A French agent is sent to Vienna to investigate the loyalty of the local network leader.
Runtime: 95 min.

That Man George

V.O.: L'Homme de Marrakech
It. 1965. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with George Hamilton, Claudine Auger, Daniel Ivernel. After participating in a robbery in Morocco, a man is pursued by his accomplices.
Runtime: 90 min.

The Wise Guys

V.O.: Les Grandes Gueules
Fr. 1965. Adventures by Robert Enrico with Bourvil, Lino Ventura, Jean-Claude Rolland. The owner of a logging company hires prisoners on parole as loggers.
Runtime: 129 min.

Symphony for a Massacre

V.O.: Symphonie pour un massacre
Fr. 1964. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Jean Rochefort, Charles Vanel, Claude Dauphin. In order to obtain a large quantity of drugs, a trafficker sets out to kill his four partners one after the other.
Runtime: 110 min.

Rififi in Tokyo

V.O.: Rififi à Tokyo
Fr. 1962. Crime drama by Jacques Deray with Karlheinz Böhm, Barbara Lass, Charles Vanel. An international gang brings in a specialist from France to rob a bank in Tokyo.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1961. Crime drama by Jean Becker with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pierre Vaneck, Christine Kaufmann. An adventurer gets into bad situations to help a friend.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Thriller by Jacques Becker with Philippe Leroy, Jean Kéraudy, Marc Michel. The escape attempt of four inmates is jeopardized by the arrival of a new cellmate.
Runtime: 132 min.

Riff Raff Girls

V.O.: Du rififi chez les femmes
Fr. 1959. Crime drama by Alex Joffé with Nadja Tiller, Robert Hossein, Silvia Monfort. In Brussels, gangsters planning a daring bank robbery come into conflict with other mobsters who want their share of the loot.
Runtime: 96 min.

The Big Risk

V.O.: Classe tous risques
Fr. 1959. Thriller by Claude Sautet with Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Sandra Milo. A gangster on the run goes to Paris where he has a run-in with his old friends.
Runtime: 109 min.

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