PimpinAinttEasy Robert Enrico switched off his tape recorder. He just stood there for a few moments. Morricone's score was devastating. The maestro had delivered all right. The title track had blown him away. It began with trickling water drops. Followed by dissonant sounds. But soon a melodious piano could be heard and it was beautiful when the violins kicked in. The director thought he could have a drink now. He could already imagine using this score in his movie. Suddenly he was excited. He could already imagine using this score at the end of the movie. But he had to make sure he wouldn't get carried away with the score. The score could take over the movie.Enrico poured some whiskey and sat in his chair. It was a nice plot based on the Francis Ryck novel. A man escapes from a prison. He hooks up with a strange couple in rural France. He tells them that he harbors a terrible secret about the state. The couple take him in and go out of their way to save him from the authorities. Their relationship becomes complex. The man on the run is inevitably attracted to the beautiful woman who is a redhead. He develops an intense friendship with the husband. He thought about Marlene Jobert from that Godard film. She would do as the redhead. The portly Philippe Noiret as the husband who is glad to be cuckolded. Maybe Trintignant as the man on the run. There was always something very enigmatic about Trintignant. He was unforgettable in Il Sorpasso.Both the prison the man escapes from and the house the couple occupies would look the same. Both made of stone. It would be hard to tell their interiors apart.The film would be up to its neck in paranoia. Right from the time the man escaped. He could already imagine this terrific scene where a man runs up a flight of stairs as Trintignant takes a lift. There would be paranoia between the threesome as well. The woman would get jealous and paranoid as the husband and the man on the run grew closer.There would also be a sepia tinged dream sequences when Trintignant remembers the time he was tortured. This would heighten the sense of paranoia. Of course, the film would not be anything like those American thrillers that expressed paranoia about their Government.The whiskey began to hit Enrico. He wondered if the film would get noticed. Would it be remembered? 40 or 50 years from now? Would there be watchable prints of the movie? Would anyone watch it in 2016? Who knew? (8/10)

audresonmichael It's not that well known when great french films are discussed but this is a wonderful film, cunningly written and directed so that our expectations are constantly being changed. It works then as an entertainment but it has one of the greatest endings of any film. There's no way of describing it that won't spoil it. There's a time and a place for SPOILERS but there's nothing to be gained by putting them here. The end conveys love as well as anything I've ever seen. Not the joys of a quick affair but the sense that two people have been in a relationship which has matured over many years. Very special and well acted by the three leads.

atenxm1 Want to see a movie that leaves you uneasy, paranoid, makes you question the reality you're presented with? Scared to go out and scared to stay in? But at all cost, distracts you from mundane reality? This is one film that does that. Forget movies that rely on lavish helpings of gore and blood, gratuitous violence, habitual screaming and endless repetition of expletives. That's not scary any more. It was only ever shocking, really, and nowadays people seem to have become used to that. No, this is a French film. No clichéd devices such as explosions of discordant noise to startle you when you least expect it. Instead, something excruciatingly sinister somehow manages to silently creep out from this film, like a miasma. A chilling, clammy, atmosphere that's reinforced by subtle but compelling acting and directing. Did you hear a noise just then . . .?I've seen this film only a few times over the years as an adult, but I was still left disturbed by it each time. I didn't exactly 'have to leave the light on' when I went to bed afterwards. But, let's say, it left a permanent impression on me. It's the way it's executed, you see. I'm too macho to admit to anything more. For connoisseurs of effective films of this genre, this is a must for the collection. You'll end up looking over your shoulder after seeing this film. Unless, of course, they come for you too . . . .

DickVG The rude nature of the South West of France alongside the plot of the movie where three well known french actors give the best of themselves in a story that is taken of reality of those years of the 70's. Sublime shots and dialogues, good acting work, a movie that has no need to any Hollywood action and big budgets in order to entertain. If you like France and its mentality, then this movie is for you.