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Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive

Crime · Mystery · Thriller · 1971

A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.

Movie details

Without Apparent Motive

“One of them is the next victim. One is the killer. We challenge you to guess who.”

1971 Crime · Mystery · Thriller 1h 40m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.3 / 10

981 votes

TMDB

5.9 / 10

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A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

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Directed by

Philippe Labro

Written by

Jacques Lanzmann · Philippe Labro · Vincenzo Labella

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Stéphane Carella

Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda

Sandra Forest

Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel

Julien Sabirnou

Carla Gravina

Carla Gravina

Jocelyne Rocca

Paul Crauchet

Paul Crauchet

Francis Palombo

Laura Antonelli

Laura Antonelli

Juliette Vaudreuil

Michel Bardinet

Michel Bardinet

Tony Forest

Court is in session

Put Without Apparent Motive on trial.

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

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.