In a brilliant piece of casting, celebrated French chanteur Charles Aznavour stars in Truffaut's whip-smart, scintillating second film - a combination of mischievous, tongue-in-cheek homage to American noir and effervescent, inventive Nouvelle Vague.
Having left behind his life as a gifted concert pianist, Charlie sees out his downcast days tinkling the ivories in a dingy Parisian jazz bar. One day his brother Chico arrives, searching for sanctuary from a gang of crooks that he's double-crossed. Charlie offers to help but soon finds his murky past catching up with him and before long is embroiled in an affair that he can no longer control.
12
92 minutes
1960
Thriller, Classic, Drama
France
French
English
Curzon Artificial Eye