Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. Tonight: Alain Delon and Jean Gabin play against each other for the last time.
In 1973, José Giovanni signed his seventh feature film, and not just any feature film, since it was the highest rated of his career. It’s about an ex-mobster and a retired inspector. Film buffs will no doubt have understood that this is the thriller Two Men in the City.
Gino Strabliggi (played on screen by Alain Delon) is released after serving a ten-year prison sentence. Following the advice of Germain Cazeneuve (played by Jean Gabin), an inspector who took care of him and continues to take a friendly interest in him, he decides to lead an honest life, far from the temptations of the past.
But shortly after his release, Sophie (Ilaria Occhini), his wife, dies in a car accident.
Alongside this striking duo formed by Alain Delon and Jean Gabin, we find well-known names in French cinema, such as Gérard Depardieu, Michel Bouquet (Renoir), Mimsy Farmer (More), Bernard Giraudeau (Le Fils Favorite) or Victor Lanoux (Louis la Brocante).
The eternal duo Alain Delon and Jean Gabin
It was in 1963, on the set of Mélodie en sous-sol by Henri Verneuil, that Alain Delon, aged 28, met Jean Gabin, 59 years old. From that moment, a deep and sincere friendship was formed between the two actors, even though thirty years separated them.
Moreover, the man who played the role of Commissioner Jules Maigret in Maigret sets a trap had the habit of nicknamed his comrade “Alain the kid”. When Jean Gabin died on November 15, 1976, Alain Delon confided, with a heart full of emotion: “He was everything to me, he taught me everything, he gave me everything“.
After a first successful duet in Mélodie en sous-sol, the two actors return to work in another feature film by filmmaker Henri Verneuil, Le Clan des Siciliens, and a final time in Deux hommes dans la ville.
-For this latest collaboration, Alain Delon plays the former gangsters, while Jean Gabin slips into the skin of his educator. A fair and striking duo, as explained by AlloCiné internet users, who gave this relentless social thriller an honorable rating of 3.8 out of 5:
“It is the ultimate masterpiece, surely due to the masterful interpretation of Gabin and Delon” (Brianpatrick)
“A very good reflection on justice, Gabin is perfect, and Delon ditto” (Theofoot29)
“Excellent police officer. The Gabin-Delon duo shines” (Christian B.)
“A great film, carried by two sacred monsters: Gabin-Delon. Fair and disturbing” (Samuel S.)
“The casting is great, a Gabin-Delon duo that works wonderfully” (Critik D)
In just a few words, everything is said, both about the quality of this detective film and the strength of the acting of Alain Delon and Jean Gabin.
Tonight on Arte at 9:00 p.m.
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