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Apr 14, 1982 · The Passerby: Directed by Jacques Rouffio. With Romy Schneider, Michel Piccoli, Helmut Griem, Dominique Labourier. Being imprisoned for murdering a politician, husband tells his wife why he did this.
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- Drama
- Jacques Rouffio
- 1982-04-14
Synopsis by Mark Deming. A man's tragic past leads him to take justice into his own hands in this troubling look at life in Europe after WWII. Max Baumstein (Michel Piccoli) is a well-known human rights activist and avowed pacifist who, to the shock and puzzlement of many, murders a politician from South America.
- Jacques Rouffio
Based on a Joseph Kessel novel, THE PASSERBY ( la Passante du Sans-Souci )is a movie directed by Jacques Rouffio in 1982 and is also the last film of Romy Schneider. Four nominations for the french Academy Awards.
As he is tried for first-degree murder for killing a Paraguayan ambassador in cold blood, he reveals a secret about himself that he kept hidden from his wife Lina. His act is the conclusion of a struggle that started many decades earlier in his childhood...
The second strong point of LA PASSANTE DU SANS SOUCI is the exceptional sentiment. Due to specific music, dense atmosphere, nostalgia created mostly by Ms Schneider, you as a viewer are, unwillingly even, led into the world of this film, into the tragedies of people that suffered, into the endless walk towards happiness.
Year: 1982. Original title: La passante du Sans-Souci. Synopsis: Max Baumstein is a reputable businessman, a rich self-made man with a conscience - he founded a highly visible and active international organization fighting against violations of human rights.
La Passante ★★★ La Passante du Sans Souci; The Passerby 1983. An otherwise peace-loving man murders the Paraguayan ambassador to France. In somewhat clumsy flashback style the murderer's orphaned childhood and other memories provide motives for the murder.
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