The title means that you've won a game and finally everything in a card or a sports game ;it is a hint at the game Alfred Adam plays with his mates while Henri Vidal is doing very bad things behind his back.
Henri Verneuil,the pretentious Nouvelle Vague was always putting down,is the perfect Saturday-night-at-the-movies director.His movies are commercial,for sure ,they are not art house cinema ,but this director,who displayed respect for his audience,never pretended to work any other way,as latter works would show ;they are actually all very entertaining ,and to my eyes , not in the least likely to make me yawn my head off,as it is often the case with Godard's meaningful ,deep,would be masterworks.
Henri Vidal ,two years before his death,was the most popular actor of the era ,although addicted to drugs;his Partner,sexy Mylène Demongeot ,appears topless in a brief sequence ;this actress ,who shone in "Les Sorcières De Salem " (from Arthur Miller),got lost into mediocrities in the sixties,when they wanted her to become another Bardot;and Isa Miranda is the wealthy aging woman,prole Vidal marries for her money ;it becomes soon obvious he 'd rather have her secretary (Demongeot) and the lovers decide to get rid of the burdensome woman who enjoys poetry ,unlike his rude uneducated hubby.
Vidal's "alibi" is a bit too implausible ,but one cannot deny the suspense is sustained till they find the dead(?) body of the wife;and there's another unexpected twist ,for the hot secretary leads a double life .An user pointed it out,the final scene disappoints a bit,but it is all in all a good thriller with a touch of humor thrown in for good measure.
Henri Verneuil,the pretentious Nouvelle Vague was always putting down,is the perfect Saturday-night-at-the-movies director.His movies are commercial,for sure ,they are not art house cinema ,but this director,who displayed respect for his audience,never pretended to work any other way,as latter works would show ;they are actually all very entertaining ,and to my eyes , not in the least likely to make me yawn my head off,as it is often the case with Godard's meaningful ,deep,would be masterworks.
Henri Vidal ,two years before his death,was the most popular actor of the era ,although addicted to drugs;his Partner,sexy Mylène Demongeot ,appears topless in a brief sequence ;this actress ,who shone in "Les Sorcières De Salem " (from Arthur Miller),got lost into mediocrities in the sixties,when they wanted her to become another Bardot;and Isa Miranda is the wealthy aging woman,prole Vidal marries for her money ;it becomes soon obvious he 'd rather have her secretary (Demongeot) and the lovers decide to get rid of the burdensome woman who enjoys poetry ,unlike his rude uneducated hubby.
Vidal's "alibi" is a bit too implausible ,but one cannot deny the suspense is sustained till they find the dead(?) body of the wife;and there's another unexpected twist ,for the hot secretary leads a double life .An user pointed it out,the final scene disappoints a bit,but it is all in all a good thriller with a touch of humor thrown in for good measure.