
It's the early 1930s. Working their way up the ladder largely on chutzpah, Roch Sifreddi and François Capella, who became best friends in their unlikely partnership, have risen to the top of the organized crime world in Marseilles. Shortly after reaching the top, Capella is murdered. Sifreddi eventually learns that the murder was orchestrated by international businessman Giovanni Volpone, new to Marseilles from Italy, whose ultimate goal is to take control of the city in all... (Full plot summary below)
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It's the early 1930s. Working their way up the ladder largely on chutzpah, Roch Sifreddi and François Capella, who became best friends in their unlikely partnership, have risen to the top of the organized crime world in Marseilles. Shortly after reaching the top, Capella is murdered. Sifreddi eventually learns that the murder was orchestrated by international businessman Giovanni Volpone, new to Marseilles from Italy, whose ultimate goal is to take control of the city in all aspects--legal and illegal. While Sifreddi sees Volpone's action as the start of a gangland war, Volpone has other thoughts in sending a longer-lasting message to Sifreddi and others who may want to fill his shoes. Volpone has specific reasons for wanting Marseilles--a war he will want to wage in most of the western world to reach his end goal. Standing by Sifreddi in this war is Lola, a former prostitute friend to both Sifreddi and Capella, who was Capella's girlfriend at the time of his death, and Sifreddi and Capella's loyal and long-serving head henchman, Fernand. In this battle, Sifreddi can no longer rely on the hands-off approach by the police, former Commissioner Fanti, who would only intervene if the tit-for-tat killings got out of hand. Fanti has now been replaced by Commissioner Cazenave, who is a little out of his element in dealing with such matters. Under the circumstances, the police may have their own ideas of what they would like to happen with Sifreddi and Volpone's war, especially as Volpone views the law as only applying to poor people.
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| User ReviewDavid LOne of the best French gangster movie, Delon- Belmondo duo is overly effective |
| User ReviewPrivate UActually I like the first one - "Borsalino" (1970) -, with Belmondo but that's not available on FB... |
| User ReviewPetros TFar from flawless but certainly enjoyable! The plot is captivating albeit occasionally half-baked, especially in the first part where several incidents do not feel justified enough, like there are scenes missing. That's not to say the film makes no sense (you can almost see the script's bullet points before your eyes), only that writer Pascal Jardin maybe was a little lazy. The zoom-ins strike as slightly amateurish but otherwise Jacques Deray succeeds in delivering atmosphere and notable oomph. |
| User ReviewKent EAvec l'absence de Belmondo, le film devoile sa vraie nature : un film a la gloire de Delon qui peut jouer les gangsters qu'il a tant affectionne dans les annees 70. Oui mais force est de constater qu'il n'est ni Al Pacino ni Robert de Niro, et que Borsalino & Co est encore plus faible narrativement et plat filmiquement que son predecesseur. C'est dire. |