Le Hasard et la Violence (1974)
In this ironic French tale of tragedy and love, Laurent (Yves Montand), a world-weary ex-convict and prison-reform writer is coming back to the dreary town his old prison is in. To someone whose life is so imbued with violence, everything he sees seems like a threat. Indeed, the town appears to be populated solely by thugs and elderly people. The banked fires of his passion are awakened when he sees a perfectly normal looking professional woman (Katherine Ross) coming down the street. Soon afterward, his sense of danger fails him, for he is brutally beaten in a men's restroom by a martial-artist nun. When he is taken for medical treatment, he discovers that the lovely woman he saw earlier is to be his doctor. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Yves Montand, Katharine Ross, (more)
- Director(s):
- Philippe Labro
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Synopsis of Le Hasard et la Violence
In this ironic French tale of tragedy and love, Laurent (Yves Montand), a world-weary ex-convict and prison-reform writer is coming back to the dreary town his old prison is in. To someone whose life is so imbued with violence, everything he sees seems like a threat. Indeed, the town appears to be populated solely by thugs and elderly people. The banked fires of his passion are awakened when he sees a perfectly normal looking professional woman (Katherine Ross) coming down the street. Soon afterward, his sense of danger fails him, for he is brutally beaten in a men's restroom by a martial-artist nun. When he is taken for medical treatment, he discovers that the lovely woman he saw earlier is to be his doctor. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Complete Cast of Le Hasard et la Violence
- Yves Montand - Laurent
- Riccardo Cucciolla - Dr. Puget
- Catherine Allegret - Agent
- Antonio Casagrande - Gerard
- Katharine Ross - Constance
- Jean-Claude Dauphin - Gilbert
- Sergio Fantoni - Inspector
- Director(s):
- Philippe Labro
- Writer(s):
- Philippe Labro, Jacques Lanzmann
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