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Crooks in Clover

1963 · 111 min

A dry, talky crime comedy where ageing gangsters trade barbed slang and get drunk; the wit is sharp, the mood oddly cosy.

Overview: An aging gangster, Fernand Naudin is hoping for a quiet retirement when he suddenly inherits a fortune from an old friend, a former gangster supremo known as the Mexican. If he is ambivalent about his new found wealth, Fernand is positively nonplussed to discover that he has also inherited his benefactor’s daughter, Patricia. Unfortunately, not only does Fernand have to put up with the thoroughly modern Patricia and her nauseating boyfriend, but he also had to contend with the Mexican’s trigger-happy former employees, who are determined to make a claim.

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
loyalty
betrayal
crime
power
Places: big city
single country house
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	8
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, crime
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Written by: Michel Audiard
Starring: Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche, Claude Rich, Pierre Bertin, Jean Lefebvre, Sabine Sinjen, Robert Dalban
Music: Michel Magne
Cinematography: Maurice Fellous
Runtime: 111 min
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Languages: German, French, English

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