Jean Aurel’s Typical Vibe
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Jean Aurel has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 1980s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by Le Trou.
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Four prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.
Dir. Jacques Becker · With Michel Constantin, Jean Keraudy, Philippe Leroy

After he's implicated in several murders, a real estate agent goes on the lam while his intrepid secretary does some private investigating of her own to locate the killer.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Philippe Laudenbach

Now in his thirties, Antoine Doinel is a divorced proofreader in love with a record seller. Colette Tazzi, now a lawyer, buys his first published autobiography, leading them to a chance meeting.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Jean-Pierre Léaud, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Jade

Two ex-lovers wind up living next door to each other with their respective spouses. Forbidden passions ensue.
Dir. François Truffaut · With Gérard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Henri Garcin
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