Le Voyou
Directed by	Claude Lelouch
Produced by	Georges Dancigers Alexandre Mnouchkine
Written by	Claude Lelouch Claude Pinoteau Pierre Uytterhoeven
Starring	Jean-Louis Trintignant Danièle Delorme
Music by	Francis Lai
Cinematography	Claude Lelouch
Editing by	Marie-Claude Lacambre
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	November 20, 1970
Running time	120 minutes
Country	France / Italy
Language	French

Le Voyou, also known as The Crook, is a highly stylized French action movie which follows Simon the Swiss during his largest heist. Directed by Claude Lelouch in 1970, and starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, the movie makes use of several cinematic techniques to convey the elusive nature of the title character, among them are: a circular narrative, dialogue littered with conflicting statements, flashbacks, musical montage, multiple styles of film editing, misaligned sound editing, and a movie within the movie.

The film won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Direction in 1971.

[edit] Cast

• Jean-Louis Trintignant as Simon Duroc AKA "The Swiss"
• Danièle Delorme as Janine
• Charles Gérard as Charlot
• Christine Lelouch as Martine
• Charles Denner as Monsieur Gallois
• Amidou as Bill

[edit] External links

• Le Voyou at the Internet Movie Database

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