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Bookmark this pageL'Agression (1975)
Director: Gérard Pirès
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From Time Out Film Guide
A French motorcycle picture which, though based on John Buell's novel The Shrewsdale Exit, transcends the limitations of imitating the American genre, and offers in its place a sustained attack on French middle class values. Trintignant goes on a trail of revenge after the rape and murder of his wife and daughter; bourgeois dream disintegrates into nightmare, but the seeds of destruction are shown to be internal. Deneuve, as Trintignant's sister-in-law, provides the film's emotional core with a fine performance, her presence questioning male assumptions, even when her lines don't.Author: CPe
Cast & crew
Director: Gérard Pirès
Producer: Alain Poiré, Pierre Braunberger
Cast: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Claude Brasseur, Milena Vukotic, Jacques Rispal, Philippe Brigaud full cast
Duration: 101 mins
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