A weekend full of Gabin

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It isunfortunate that we had to go to the Russian store to get more Gabin films - tought luck finding them locally. So we took home four.
Out of these, only the "Killer" was completely insignificant, a minor crime flick where Gabin plays a secondary role. So strike that one.
"Pigs across Paris" has a great duo - Gabin playing with Bourvil, and that is one nice combination. Plot? Not much, really, so just watch the two great actors that need no screept to look interesting. Add to this a short but of course funny performance by Louis De FunÃ¨s - who could forget Commissaire Juve of Fantomas fame (none of that boring, boring 007 stuff there... and MylÃ¨ne Demongeot... ah... she is simply so gorgeous!) - and you got something to look forward to.
"Counterfeiters of Paris" is far more interesting, as there is a plot and intrigue, and Gabin, of course, leads the team with his usual ho-hum attitude. Not a bad film, with most characters having a bit more than paper-thin depth to them.
The best of the bunch? Why, "Monkey in Winter", of course. That one is hilarious and features a duo that will make any movie buff smile with anticipation - Gabin and Jean-Paul Belmondo, both playing a close to their best, and both having honest fun in process. Just another example of how trully great actors don't need much of a plot to produce a wonderful and memorable performances, where acting is subtle and unintrusive, but the emotions high and deep.
All films, of course, use the worst form of translation - the voice over (whatever is the standard term for that?) in Russian, that DOES take some out of enjoyment, as you really would like to hear some of his voice, never mind the unfamiliar words. But it is not too bad still, and after just a few minutes you get absorbed in the act anyway, plus the translators do a pretty good job overall.
It seems like there is simply no limit to those three decades of French cinema - seems like you can spend the rest of your life studying and revisiting those great actors and directors.

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Topic - A weekend full of Gabin - Victor Khomenko 08:33:56 05/29/01 (10)

Looks like we have a fan of Gabin here... - Jeff Lessard 12:35:40 05/29/01 (9)

Wrote down "Le TatouÃ©", will look. - Victor Khomenko 14:23:23 05/29/01 (4)

By the way Gabin also had a singing career... - Jeff Lessard 20:55:25 05/30/01 (3)

Now that you mentioned it... - Victor Khomenko 22:35:29 05/30/01 (2)

Gabin, Bourvil, Montand... - Jeff Lessard 17:08:09 05/31/01 (1)

How unfair! - Victor Khomenko 17:31:18 05/31/01 (0)

It is not just that... plus - a question to Jim Willis and others from Europe - Victor Khomenko 14:18:20 05/29/01 (3)

I do not know for the rest of the world... - Jeff Lessard 11:06:44 05/30/01 (0)

Re: An answer... - Jim Willis 10:16:02 05/30/01 (0)

Re: It is not just that... plus - a question to Jim Willis and others from Europe - Jeff Starrs 08:05:04 05/30/01 (0)

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