The Serpent (French title: Le Serpent) is a 2006 French thriller film written and directed by Éric Barbier and based on the 1971 novel Plender by Ted Lewis.
Synopsis
A father on the verge of divorce sees his life fall apart after a former classmate brings murder, kidnapping and blackmail into his life. His only chance to escape is by entering the former classmate's world.
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, 1h48 Directed byÉric Barbier OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesHeist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie ActorsBérénice Bejo, Yvan Attal, Annie Cordy, Jean-François Stévenin, JoeyStarr, Michel Israël Rating62% Simon, sorti de prison et en liberté surveillée, est approché par son associé pour monter sur la plus belle affaire qui leur ait jamais été proposée : le vol du Florentin, diamant mythique, disparu depuis la chute de l'Empire austro-hongrois en 1918, miraculeusement retrouvé et mis en vente par ses propriétaires. Pour réussir le casse, Simon devra approcher Julia, l’experte en diamant chargée de la vente. Pour elle, la réussite de cette dernière constitue un enjeu familial et financier considérable.
, 1h50 Directed byClaude Sautet OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime, Romance ThemesFilms about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films ActorsMichel Piccoli, Romy Schneider, Georges Wilson, Bernard Fresson, François Périer, Boby Lapointe Rating72% Born into a wealthy family of French vintners, Max (Michel Piccoli) is a loner who devoted himself entirely to his obsession: the arrest of criminals. A former judge he is a police inspector and he sees a new band of burglars escape. This failure is still fresh in his mind when he meets Abel who has become a scrap thief and plunders construction sites with a small band of hoodlums around Nanterre. Max plans to encourage them to commit something big and catch them on the spot. Posing as a client, he meets Lily (Romy Schneider), a young German-born prostitute who is the companion of Abel. He pretends to be the director of a small bank branch which receives significant amounts of money at regular intervals. He ensures the support of his police commissioner. Max fails however to reveal his role as instigator. Gradually, some feeling arises between Max and Lily. But Max keeps a reserved attitude and merely influences the scrap through her. Finally, guessing the band ready for action, he communicates an ideal date to commit robbery. On the scheduled day, the police await them and they are arrested. Later in the police station, Rosinsky (the top cop in the bank's district) reveals to Max that he wants all collaborators brought to justice, including Lily. Distraught, Max tries to save her and ends up threatening Rosinsky. In an argument, Max pulls out his gun and kills him.
, 1h49 Directed byMartin Scorsese, Todd Phillips OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesFilms about sexuality, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about automobiles, Erotic thriller films, Auto-justice ActorsRobert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd Rating81% Travis Bickle, an honorably discharged U.S. Marine, is a lonely and depressed man in New York City. He becomes a taxi driver to cope with chronic insomnia, driving passengers every night around the boroughs of New York City. He also spends time in seedy porn theaters and keeps a diary. Travis becomes infatuated with Betsy, a campaign volunteer for Senator and presidential candidate Charles Palantine. After watching her interact with fellow worker Tom through her window, Travis enters to volunteer as a pretext to talk to her, and takes her out for coffee. On a later date, he takes her to see a Swedish sex education film, which offends her, and she goes home alone. His attempts at reconciliation by sending flowers are rebuffed, so he berates her at the campaign office, before being kicked out by Tom.