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Touchez Pas au Grisbi (The Criterion Collection) DVD

Unrated :: Criterion :: Released: 2005-01-18

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Touchez Pas au Grisbi (The Criterion Collection) Summary Jean Gabin Is At His Most Wearily Romantic As Aging Gangster Max Le Menteur In The Jacques Becker Gem touchez Pas Au Grisbi (hands Off The Loot!). Having Pulled Off The Heist Of A Lifetime, Max Looks Forward To Spending His Remaining Days Relaxing With His Beautiful Young Girlfriend. But When Riton (rené Dary), Max's Hapless Partner And Best Friend, Lets Word Of The Loot Slip To Loose-lipped, Two-timing Josy (jeanne Moreau), Max Is Reluctantly Drawn Back Into The Underworld. A Touchstone Of The Gangster-film Genre, touchez Pas Au Grisbi Is Also Pure Becker—understated, Elegant, Evocative.

Grisbi isn't the hero's name but a bit of French slang meaning "loot," which is what drives this elegant Gallic crime thriller. Jean Gabin (Grand Illusion) stars as Max, a suave, smooth, elder statesman of a gangster who still manages to hook a pretty young damsel on his arm when he strolls into his favorite restaurants and nightclubs. Max belongs to the old world of criminals, where a romantic code of loyalty rules, but he's confronted by the postwar generation of ruthless, ambitious thugs when affable drug dealer and aspiring mob boss Angelo (Lino Ventura) discovers the secret of his loot. He strikes at Max's weak link, his thickheaded best friend and partner Riton (René Dary) and delivers an ultimatum: the money or the man. Director Jacques Becker (Antoine et Antoinette) takes his time with the tale, turning such digressions as a simple meal or an informal consultation into a fully realized scene with a rhythm and a drama all its own. He also enriches the film with a wonderful gallery of characters (including a small but delightful turn by young Jeanne Moreau as a pouty gold-digging chorus girl). The film sometimes dawdles but never drags, and every scene is energized by Gabin's cagey, confident Max, a worldly figure of grace and dignity who turns ruthless when a friend's life is at stake. --Sean Axmaker

Touchez Pas au Grisbi [Criterion... DVD Techincal Details Cast: Jean Gabin, Dora Doll, Vittorio Sanipoli, Marilyn Buferd
Director: Jacques Becker
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Rated: Unrated
Running Time: 94 mins
UPC: 037429203125
Binding: DVD
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2005-01-18
Region Code: 1
Specs: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono),