I have always craved for nearly all of Yves Boisset's movies; only a couple of them are not interesting. I have too many of one hand fingers to count them. This one is faithfully adapted from a book which I have read. A one book writer. It is full of action, brutal, sadistic, bloody, with no good vs bad guys scheme. No super heroes in this terrific thriller. It is poignant, gloomy. Jean Yanne is excellent in the lead role and the meet between Daniel Ivernel and Sterling Hayden very unlikely indeed. All long his career, Yves Boisset made movies that have astonished me, no matter the topics. He never made comedies anyway.
Review of Angel's Leap
