The Old Gun (1976)

Review: The Old Gun (1976)

Director: Robert Enrico

Cast: Philippe Noiret, Romy Schneider, Jean Bouise, Joachim Hansen, Robert Hoffmann,

Philippe Noiret
Philippe Noiret
Romy Schneider
Romy Schneider
Jean Bouise
Jean Bouise
Joachim Hansen
Joachim Hansen
Robert Hoffmann
Robert Hoffmann

Plot: In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his daughter in the back country village where Julien has an old castle. One week later, Julien decided to meet then for the week end, but the Germans are already occupying the village.

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Pandemic viewing, Part Two

Pandemic viewing, Part Two

Social isolation and “working from home” mean a lot of time for movie-watching … and the volume far outstrips my ability to say anything substantive about many of the films I do watch: so here I mostly just acknowledge what […]

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