Bandits

Story

Synopsis

On the day Jean Gabin dies, a kidnaper who also takes a fortune in jewels heisted from Cartiers murders Simon Verini's wife. (Simon was fencing the jewels for a youthful gang who robbed Cartiers; he suspects them of the murder.) He's framed for the theft and spends ten years in prison, writing to his daughter, Marie-Sophie, who's 11 when he's sent away. Released, he reconnects to Marie-Sophie and to the young thieves, seeks revenge, and is quickly arrested again. She doesn't know what to make of her father, retreats to her Swiss fiancé, and is flummoxed when one of the young thieves falls for her. Is resolution possible when crime cuts across families and romance?

Director

Claude Lelouch

Writers

Claude Lelouch, Pierre Uytterhoeven

Language

French

Country

France

Release date

3 June 1987

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Jean Yanne

  L'Expert (Simon Verini)

• 

  Marie-Sophie L.

  La Princesse

• 

  Patrick Bruel

  Mozart

• 

  Charles Gérard

  Tonton

• 

  Corinne Marchand

  La Sainte Femme

• 

  Hélène Surgère

  La directrice de l’institution

• Edwige Navarro

  Marie-Sophie, adolescente

• 

  Françoise Bette

  Michelle

• 

  Jean-Claude Bourbault

  Jean Claude

• Christine Barbelivien

  Françoise Verini

• 

  Jean-Michel Dupuis

  Lucky

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  Olivier Cruveiller

  Boubou