Bernard Fresson’s Typical Vibe
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Bernard Fresson has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1990s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by Z.
Recurring themes

The American Friend
1977
Drama · Thriller

Badlands
1974
Crime · Drama

The Yakuza
1974
Crime · Drama

The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1973
Crime · Drama

The Gambler
1974
Drama · Crime

The Honeymoon Killers
1970
Crime · Drama

Marathon Man
1976
Thriller · Crime

This Man Must Die
1969
Thriller · Drama

A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Dir. Roman Polanski · With Roman Polanski, Isabelle Adjani, Melvyn Douglas
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined to not to let them get away with it.
Dir. Costa-Gavras · With Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant

The deep conversation between a Japanese architect and a French actress forms the basis of this celebrated French film, considered one of the vanguard productions of the French New Wave. Set in Hiroshima after the end of World War II, the couple -- lovers turned friends -- recount, over many hours, previous romances and life experiences. The two intertwine their stories about the past with pondering the devastation wrought by the atomic bomb dropped on the city.
Dir. Alain Resnais · With Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Stella Dassas

"Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
Dir. John Frankenheimer · With Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson

A detective decides to go undercover and set up a group of robbers, but he may be getting too caught up in the task at hand.
Dir. Claude Sautet · With Michel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Bernard Fresson

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repress them.
Dir. Claude Berri · With Miou-Miou, Renaud, Jean Carmet

Recovering from an attempted suicide, a man is selected to participate in a time travel experiment that has only been tested on mice. A malfunction causes the man to experience moments from his past in a random order.
Dir. Alain Resnais · With Claude Rich, Olga Georges-Picot, Anouk Ferjac
After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as they attempt to crack the safe's combination.
Dir. Jean Herman · With Alain Delon, Charles Bronson, Olga Georges-Picot
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