After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life – for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their irresistible rise ended in 1974 with a spectacular arrest. Today, as he nears 60, Momon would like to forget that part of his life. He has found peace by retiring from the “business”. He tends to his wife Janou, who suffered so in the past, and to his children and grandchildren, all of whom have great respect for this man of simple and universal values, so clear-headed and full of kindness. But then Serge Suttel, who has disowned nothing of his past, comes back into the picture. –IMDb
Les Lyonnais non è il miglior Marchal,anzi probabilmente è il meno personale, perché poco ruvido,a tratti persino levigato ed eccessivamente spettacolare.Possiede però un anima malinconica e dolente che lo avvicina più al Polar francese classico che al Neopolar esploso grazie a lo stesso Marchal.Non c'è il dolore fitto e acuto di Mr.73 ma piuttosto una ferita aperta con cui convivere.Formalmente impeccabile,troppo.
Aussi surprenant que cela puisse paraître, Marchal fait un film de gangster des années 60, avec une mythologie un peu fatiguée, à l’image de ses voyous qui ont tous passé la soixantaine, une photographie… read review