Voici le temps des assassins (French for "Here is the time of the assassins") is a 1956 French film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Jean Gabin and Danièle Delorme. The title is a line of Matinée d'ivresse - part of Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud. The film was released as Deadlier Than the Male in the USA and as Twelve Hours to Live in the UK.[1]
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| Directed by | Julien Duvivier |
| Screenplay by | Julien Duvivier Charles Dorat Pierre-Aristide Bréal |
| Produced by | René Bezard Raymond Borderie Pierre Cabaud |
| Starring | Jean Gabin Danièle Delorme |
| Cinematography | Armand Thirard |
| Edited by | Marthe Poncin |
| Music by | Jean Wiener |
Release date | 13 April 1956 |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Plot
In Les Halles, in the heart of Paris, the restaurateur André Chatelin (Jean Gabin), leads an uneventful life until the arrival from Marseille of Catherine (Danièle Delorme), the daughter of his ex-wife Gabrielle (Lucienne Bogaert). She tells him her mother is dead and that she is without resources. Chatelin welcomes her under his roof - then marries her. Gérard (Gérard Blain), a young student that Chatelin looks upon as a son, becomes Catherine's lover, and she sets him at odds with Chatelin. She asks him to kill the restaurateur. He refuses. She kills him. Having discovered that Gabrielle is still alive, declined and drug addicted, Chatelin realises the darkness of Catherine's soul who has always lied to him.
Cast
- Jean Gabin as André Chatelin
- Danièle Delorme as Catherine
- Robert Arnoux as Bouvier
- Liliane Bert as Antoinette
- Gérard Blain as Gérard Delacroix
- Lucienne Bogaert as Gabrielle
Notes
External links
- Voici le temps des assassins at IMDb
- Template:Amg movie
- Le rouge est mis at “Cinema-francais“ (French)
- Deadlier Than the Male movie review at The New York Times Last accessed: July 3, 2014.
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