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Cast
Roger Hanin
as Raymond Beitoun
Jean-Louis Trintignant
as Le commissaire Duché
Bernard Giraudeau
as Pascal Villars
Richard Berry
as Maurice Beitoun
Clio Goldsmith
as Viviane Atlan
Anny Duperey
as Carole
Gérard Darmon
as Roland Bettoun
Jean-Pierre Bacri
as Jacky Azoulay
Robert Hossein
as Manuel Carreras
Jean Benguigui
as Albert Zecri
Movie Info & Details
Release Year1982
Runtime2h 10m
LanguageFrench
CertificationNR
GenresCrime, Drama
Votes85
DirectorAlexandre Arcady
WritersDaniel Saint-Hamont, Alexandre Arcady, Alain Le Henry
TypeFeature Film
Rating6.2 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsThe Big Pardon
About The Big Pardon
The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their activities include running casinos, organizing underground boxing matches, illegal gambling, pimping, racketeering and bloody settlements of scores against other Arab and French clans. But in the shadows, Pascal Villars has sworn the loss of the Bettoun. He will succeed in setting the Arab clan against the Jewish clan, for the great benefit of the police commissioner Duché, who has been trying in vain for ten years to bring down the Bettouns.
Directed by Alexandre Arcady, The Big Pardon leans on a strong ensemble — Roger Hanin, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Bernard Giraudeau — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about crime titles of 1982.
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