Le Choix des Armes

The high walls of a prison. Two running shadows in the night, a parked Volvo car whose engine is running. Suddenly, the shrieking sound of an alarm hooter. Both men get hastily inside the car which starts immediately. A well directed drama about a retired gangster (Yves Montand) forced into an antagonistic relationship with a young punk. (Gerard Depardieu).

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Credits

director

Alain Corneau

Duration

02:10:00:00

Production places

France

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300996

Language

French

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Gangster films

Courtroom, Crime, Espionage & Thrillers → Prison films

Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Crime

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - France

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q220100

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France, 1983