Alain Delon
Martin Terrier/Christian
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Le choc (English: The Shock) is a 1982 French crime thriller film directed by Robin Davis and starring Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, and Philippe Léotard.Based on the novel The Prone Gunman (La position du tireur couché) by Jean-Patrick Manchette, the film is about a hitman who wants to retire from his life in organized crime and flees to the country where he meets and falls in love with a ...
- 11.3 million
- Alain Sarde, Alain Terzian
Apr 28, 1982 · Le choc: Directed by Robin Davis, Alain Delon. With Alain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Philippe Léotard, Etienne Chicot. An assassin tries to retire against his bosses' will.
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- Action, Crime, Romance
- Robin Davis, Alain Delon
- 1982-04-28
Le Choc has been included in Lionsgate's five-film Catherine Deneuve collection. Paired on one of the set's three discs with Jean Aurel's Manon 70 (1968), Le Choc looks impressive and refreshingly un-dated for a film well over a quarter of a century in age.
- Robin Davis
- Alain Delon
Robin Davis. Director. Jean-Patrick Manchette. Novel. Martin Terrier wants to quit his job as a hired hitman, but his organized crime employers are unwilling to see him turned out to pasture, Terrier knows too much, and he is still useful to the organization. He escapes to the countryside where he meets Claire, and the two soon fall in love.
"Le Choc" is an entertaining and forgettable action thriller with romance with Alain Delon and Catherine Deneuve. The story has many clichés and Alain Delon performs a contradictory character, a hired cold blood hit-man that falls in love with a woman on the same day he has met her. The final twist is totally predictable and disappointing.
LE CHOC. Directed by. Robin Davis, Alain Delon. France, 1982. Action, Crime, Romance. 100. Synopsis. Martin Terrier wants to quit his job as a hired hitman, but his ...
