Digman is a control freak and a flake, though his two buddies are hardly any more qualified to cut it in the real world; one's already recovering from his first breakdown, and the other is an easy victim of his brother's relentless bullying. Together the three men decide to commit the biggest, indeed almost the only, heist of their lives, aided by the charming and suspiciously paternal local kingpin. These are lads doomed to disaster, your overriding feeling being that the more they sit back an
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L'HOMME DU TRAIN (2002)
Certification12 Our Rating
Milan steps off a train in a small French town where he meets Manesquir, a retired teacher, off whom, the local hotel being shut, he agrees to rent a room. What develops is a touching tale of the two totally different mens' views on each other and the realization that either could have chosen a different path in life. A charming and melancholic divertissement.
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PALOOKAVILLE (1997)
Certification15 Our Rating
Rus, Jerry and Sid dream of making their fortune the easy way. Reluctant to call themselves robbers, they decide that one heist will get them out of their dire fiancial straits. But with their failed jewelery store robbery behind them, the chances of success are slim. A delightful comedy!
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READ MY LIPS (2001)
Certification15 Our Rating
Carla is a secretary and very good at her job, she's also deaf and the butt of her mysogonistic colleagues. When it is decided she needs an assistant Carla is outraged but when her help turns out to be Paul, an ex-thief, she sees the opportunity to level the playing field. All is well until Paul asks her to do something for her, a considerably more dangerous undertaking involving the criminal underworld, and though Carla agrees, her new found empowerment means she's determined not to come out a
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RIFIFI (1955)
Certification12 Our Rating
Four men set in motion a heist of incredible audacity, a robbery where the level of risk is only matched by the protagonists' meticulous precision, but though the thieves are consummate professionals once the job is done their emotions and animosities begin to threaten the rewards of their hard work. Rififi is renowned for its tense half hour long heist scene in which not a word is ever uttered, and acknowledged as one of the classic examples of French film noir.
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