Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Touchez Pas au Grisbi

Posted On: January 8, 2012
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★★★

Director: Jacques Becker
Year: 1954

So I had to see this based upon Godard’s comments on Rififi, that this was a much better film than that. Well, I definitely don’t agree with him. First, the premise is incredibly different. Where Rififi is the basis for all modern day heist films, Touchez Pas au Grisbi is more like The Soprano’s. An insight into older mobsters and their life as they get older. The connections they had, the sacrifices and what their goals are after you’ve lived an entire lifetime and then some, on the run, without friends, murders, etc.

Jean Gabin is incredible in his performance. Very calm, stoic and he’s unlike any stereotype of a mobster or thug. And maybe that’s what helps this film. It’s definitely a classic and the storytelling is great, but as comparison’s go, there have been better.  But worth checking out in regards to history of cinema.

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