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The Last Adventure

The Last Adventure

Adventure · Drama · Romance · 1967

Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.

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The Last Adventure

1967 Adventure · Drama · Romance 1h 52m

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6.9 / 10

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Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Robert Enrico

Written by

Robert Enrico · José Giovanni

Alain Delon

Alain Delon

Manu

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Roland

Joanna Shimkus

Joanna Shimkus

Laetitia

Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani

the pilot

Hans Meyer

Hans Meyer

Mercenary

Jean Darie

Jean Darie

Uncle

J

Jean Trognon

Jeanjean, Laetitia's young cousin

Court is in session

Put The Last Adventure on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.