Best movies of José Giovanni

Actors : Victor Lanoux, Mimsy Farmer, Jean Gabin, Alain Delon,
Directors : José Giovanni,

A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.

Actors : Michel Constantin, Lino Ventura, Paul Crauchet, Marlène Jobert,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas...

Actors : Michel Constantin, Claudia Cardinale, Enrique Lucero, Jean-Paul Belmondo,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Episodic portrait of a criminal, from 1934 until after the war. Roberto Borgo is tough, cool, sardonic, loyal, and deadly. He comes to Marseilles to help his friend Xavier Saratov get out ...

Actors : Paul Meurisse, Marcel Bozzuffi, Annie Girardot, Alain Delon,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Hugo Sennart is a French Gypsy, wanted by the police for theft. The same inspector who's searching for him is also looking for a jewel thief, Yan Kuq, whose wife has died under suspicious ...

Actors : Béatrix Van Til, Claudia Cardinale, Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Actors : Bruno Cremer, Vincent Lecoeur, Rufus, Michelle Goddet,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Joe, international poker player, is considered an irresponsible family-chief. His two sons drifted into gangsterism. The older dies from it. The younger, Manu, was sentenced to death. Joe takes on to a terrific battle in order to save his son. Will he succeed in it? For life has more than one trick in its well-worn sleeve.

Actors : Rosa Furman, Lino Ventura, Enrique Lucero, Aurora Clavel,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Vera Cruz, 1938. "Le Rital", a tough French hit man, agrees to serve Mexican revolutionaries who want to replace the current President by Chico, an insecure young bourgeois that they intend...

Actors : Jean-Claude Bouillon, Paola Pitagora, Maurice Garrel, Nicoletta,
Directors : José Giovanni,

A small-time criminal wants to give up his life of crime. He performs a robbery with a friend, with similar feelings, and things go sour.

Actors : Louis Julien, Dora Doll, Carla Gravina, Alain Delon,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Under the influence of drugs, a teenager, Eddy, kills a policeman. His father, Jacques, pleads extenuating circumstances and nearly succeeds in gaining the confidence of the policeman's widow. But the press reveals that Jacques is an ex-gangster who has spent time in prison.

Actors : Jean-François Balmer, Lila Kedrova, Francis Huster, Bérangère Bonvoisin,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Actors : Claude Brasseur, Bruno Cremer, Jacques Perrin, Annie Girardot,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Actors : Jean-Hugues Anglade, Claude Brasseur, Robert Arden, Niels Arestrup,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Actors : Edwine Moatti, Michel Constantin, Roger Blin, Alexandra Stewart,
Directors : José Giovanni,

In 1960, Stan, the protagonist, after having made a fortune in Asia, returns to Corsica, to visit a friend's tomb. In Ajaccio, he meets Helene, who she rescues from her kidnappers, who take...

Actors : Jean Gaven, Alexandra Stewart, Rufus, Lucie Arnold,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Tom is a secretary for an association which aims to free political prisoners. Skipping from inaction he plans and kills dictator Anton Caras. Arrested he ends up in a jail full of political...

Actors : Thierry Frémont, André Dussollier, Valérie Kaprisky, Steve Kalfa,
Directors : José Giovanni,

Two criminals who enrolled in the German police to get out of prison seize an opportunity after the War to redeem themselves. The elder of the two, Mad Bosco, dies at the beginning of their...