Horace 62
| Horace 62 | |
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| Directed by | André Versini |
| Written by | René Fallet Jean-Paul Le Chanois André Versini |
| Starring | Charles Aznavour Raymond Pellegrin Giovanna Ralli |
Production company | David Film Franco London Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | France Italy |
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Horace 62 is a French-Italian film directed by André Versini and released in 1962.
Synopsis
Two Corsican criminal clans are at war in Paris.
Their enmity dates back nearly 30 years, to a story of a poisoned dog in a Corsican village. The film opens with a shootout in a cemetery that leaves one man dead from the Fabiani clan, killed by the Colonna clan. Immediately, the vendetta is reignited, despite the efforts of two men, Noël and Horace, each a member of one clan, to calm tensions.
To put an end to it, the head of the Corsicans in Paris proposes a duel to the two enemy patriarchs: for one night, within a triangle of chic western Paris, the two eldest of each family will fight. At first blood, the confrontation is supposed to end and settle the matter between the two families. But things escalate, and eventually three men from each side are fighting.
In the end, only Horace and Noël remain alive. As morning comes, and they are supposed to stop fighting, they face each other on the Trocadéro square. Horace throws down his pistol, but Noël, who also seems tempted to stop the massacre, ultimately raises his gun again towards Horace. Horace then pulls out a hidden revolver from behind his jacket and shoots his friend, who is also his sister's husband. The film ends after Horace tells his sister about the murder, while he waits for the police to come and take him.
Technical details
- Director: André Versini
- Technical collaboration: Daniel Wronecki
- Screenplay: André Versini
- Adaptation: René Fallet, Jean-Paul Le Chanois, André Versini
- Dialogue: René Fallet
- Cinematography: Marcel Grignon
- Music: Paul Mauriat
- Sets: Daniel Guéret O'Nillon
- Sound: Georges Mardiguian
- Editing: Boris Lewin
- Production: Franco London Film, David-Film
- Production manager: Pierre Gout
- Runtime: 95 min
- Film: 35mm, Dyaliscope
- Genre: Drama and gangster film
- First presentation: January 24, 1962
Cast
- Charles Aznavour: Horace Fabiani
- Raymond Pellegrin: Noël Colonna, Camille's husband
- Giovanna Ralli: Camille Fabiani, Noël's wife
- Jean-Louis Trintignant: Joseph Fabiani
- Nerio Bernardi: Napoléon Fabiani, the father
- Etienne Bierry: Antoine Fabiani
- Louis Lalanne: Victor Colonna
- Aimé de March: Toussaint Colonna
- Kampetian: Toto
- André Badin: The doorman
- Paolo Stoppa: Graziani
- Danielle Godet: Monique
- Annette Pietri: The old woman
- François Darbon: Commissioner Madelin
- Jacques Hilling: Grenier, the salesman
- Pierre Koulak: A passerby
- Claude Mercutio
- Annibale Ninchi
Commentary
The film aims to be a modern tragedy, in the form of a film noir, drawing on the theme of the Battle of the Horatii and Curiatii, and the fatality that weighs on the lives of individuals who cannot escape a destiny of violence and death. It is served by a restrained performance and tight, essential editing. It is noteworthy that the classical tragic aspect increasingly takes shape through the unity of place governing the final third, on the Champ de Mars, both literally and figuratively, since the confrontation takes place in the triangle of the chic western neighborhoods, and ends not far from the Eiffel Tower. Throughout the film, the space constantly narrows, from the original Corsica to the city of Paris, then to the duel's districts, then to the interiors of cars, like a closing vise. The final face-to-face scene features a particularly successful shot, a high-angle long shot of the two protagonists approaching each other on the Trocadéro square, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, shrouded in morning mist. Another well-conceived visual idea: the back of Horace driving and the eyes of his brother Joseph in the rearview mirror, as if they were replacing his own, or pursuing him in a deadly hateful race, evoking the eye that pursues Cain.
Note the signature of the dialogue by novelist René Fallet, providing a very lively and quality text. Also note the presence of Jean-Paul Le Chanois, a well-known director of the film Les Misérables (1958).
See also
Bibliography
- Gilbert Salachas, "Horace 62", Téléciné [fr], number 102, Paris, Fédération des Loisirs et Culture Cinématographique (FLECC), February–March 1962, ISSN 0049-3287
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