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Cloportes

Cloportes

Comedy · Crime · 1965

Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.

Movie details

Cloportes

1965 Comedy · Crime 1h 35m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.6 / 10

594 votes

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

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Three little criminals get a tip for a great coup with lots of money in it. Unfortunately they lack the starting funds to buy the required welding torch. So they persuade their successful colleague Alphonse to join their team. But the well thought-out coup fails, and Alphonse is the only one of them who ends up in jail for several years. When he's released, he's out for revenge.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Cloportes?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Pierre Granier-Deferre

Written by

Pierre Granier-Deferre · Albert Simonin · Michel Audiard

Lino Ventura

Lino Ventura

Alphonse Maréchal aka 'Le Malin'

Charles Aznavour

Charles Aznavour

Edmond Clancul aka 'Le Naïf'

Irina Demick

Irina Demick

Catherine Verdier, manager of an art gallery

Maurice Biraud

Maurice Biraud

Arthur aka 'Le Mou'

Georges Géret

Georges Géret

Joseph Rouquemoute aka 'Le Rouquin'

Pierre Brasseur

Pierre Brasseur

Demuldère aka 'Tonton le Brocanteur', receiver

Françoise Rosay

Françoise Rosay

Gertrude, supplies specialist in the mafia

Court is in session

Put Cloportes 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.