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La bonne année (also known in the U.S. as Happy New Year) is a 1973 film directed by Claude Lelouch.

Synopsis

Simon, a gangster (Lino Ventura) with his accomplice (Charles Gérard), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of Van Cleef & Arpels, on the Croisette, in Cannes, they find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer (Françoise Fabian) who befriends the group.

The gangster and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.

About the film

The film was remade in 1987 by John G. Avildsen as Happy New Year, starring Peter Falk, Charles Durning, and Wendy Hughes.

Details

Director : Claude Lelouch
Script : Claude Lelouch and Pierre Uytterhoeven
Director of photography: Jean Collomb
Music: Francis Lai
Sound : Bernard Bats
Editor: Georges Klotz
Assistant director: Elie Chouraqui
Length: 115 minutes
Release date: 13 April 1973

Production : Films 13 (Paris), Rizzoli Film (Rome) Distributor- Films 13 (Paris)

Starring

Lino Ventura : Simon
Françoise Fabian : Françoise
Charles Gérard : Charlot
André Falcon : bijoutier
Lilo De La Passardière : Mme Félix
Claude Mann : Claude
Frédéric de Pasquale : Henri
Gérard Sire : directeur de la prison/voix commentaire TV
Silvano Tranquilli : amant italien
Bettina Rheims : Nicole
Georges Staquet : commissaire
Harry Walter : 1st inspecteur
Elie Chouraqui : Michel Barbier (non crédité)
Michel Bertay : chauffeur de taxi
Michou (cabaret artist) : Lui-même
Mireille Mathieu : Elle-même
André Barello
Norman de la Chesnaye
Pierre Edeline
Pierre Cottier
Joseph Rythmann
Jacques Villedieu.
Pierre Pontiche

About the film

Much of the film was financed by advertising, particularly for Van Cleef & Arpels.

Awards

Best actor at the San Remo Film Festival for Lino Ventura and Françoise Fabian
Prix Triomphe du Cinéma 1973

American remake

The film was remade as Happy New Year directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Peter Falk, Charles Durning and Tom Courtenay.

External links

La bonne année at IMDb

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 Simon, a gangster ([[Lino Ventura]]) with his accomplice ([[Charles Gérard]]), prepares to take part in the "first psychological hold-up in the history of crime". Next door to the jewellers of [[Van Cleef & Arpels]], on the [[Promenade de la Croisette|Croisette]], in [[Cannes]], they find the shop of a beautiful antiques dealer ([[Françoise Fabian]]) who befriends the group.
-The gangster and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time by the driver is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.
+The gangster and the antiques dealer fall in love. He is friendly but unrefined, she is cultivated and independent, but discovers that talking with Simon shows up her vanity, and she desires a simple and clean love. The hold-up which had been planned for a long time is shown to be more sophisticated than his methods of seduction.
 ==About the film==