Le Fauve est lâché

Name: Le Fauve est lâché
Director: Claude Sautet
Released: 1959

Claude Sautet

French New Wave organized crime espionage kidnapping father-son relationship moral compromise

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Synopsis

Paul Lamiani, a wizened mobster, is asked to return to duty following the disappearance of secret documents of extreme importance. It is assumed that they are in the hands of a friend of Paul. But the case becomes even more delicate when Lamiani's son is kidnapped.

Year1959

CountryFrance

DirectorClaude Sautet

MovementFrench New Wave

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