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Les Spécialistes
''Les Spécialistes'' () is a 1985 French action film directed by Patrice Leconte. Plot Notorious safe cracker Stéphane Carella, who has been imprisoned for some time and longs for retirement once he is released in a year, is transported through the Verdon Gorge to another penal facility when his transport encounters another police van, which has suffered an accident. The sole inmate in that transport, police killer Paul Brandon, is handcuffed to Carella, but as soon as they are left unattended for a moment, Brandon makes a run for it, dragging Carella with him. After evading the police search parties, they find shelter at the farm of Laura, a young woman who despises the police after her husband was killed in a botched raid. As time passes in hiding, Carella and Brandon gradually become friends. Brandon suggests to Cartella to undertake one last coup: Robbing a high-security vault at the casino ''Mazetti'' in Nice. As it turns out, however, Brandon is an undercover police offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrice Leconte
Patrice Leconte (; born 12 November 1947) is a French film director, screenwriter and comic strip writer. Life and career Leconte grew up in Tours, and began making little amateur films at 15. He went to Paris in 1967 and studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. While attending film school in the late 1960s, Leconte also worked as a cartoonist, in particular for the Franco-Belgian comics magazine ''Pilote''. He directed his first feature film in 1976, and had a number of major successes with comedy films destined to the French market. He first came to international attention in 1989 with ''Monsieur Hire'', which was shown at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and which was a radical departure from his previous work. Although he had already directed more than half a dozen features, many foreign critics, unfamiliar with his previous work, essentially treated him as a newcomer. Since then, he has alternated between films such as ''Ridicule (film), Ridicule'' and ''L'ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verdon Gorge
The Verdon Gorge (French language, French: ''Gorges du Verdon'' ) is a river canyon located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of Southeastern France. It is about 25 km (15.5 mi) long and up to 700 metres (0.4 mi) deep. It was formed by the Verdon (river), Verdon River, which is named for its turquoise-green colour, one of the location's distinguishing characteristics. In between the towns of Castellane and Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, the river has cut a ravine to a depth of 700 meters through the limestone mass. At the end of the canyon, the Verdon flows into the artificial Lake of Sainte-Croix. The gorge is very popular with tourists, who can drive around its rim, rent kayaks to travel on the river, or Hiking, hike. The limestone walls, which are several hundreds of metres high, attract many rock climbing, rock climbers. It is considered an outstanding destination for multi-pitch climbing, with 1,500 routes available ranging from 20 metres ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
