...And Hope to Die

Original title: La course du lièvre à travers les champs

1972
PG
1h 39m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

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Jean-Louis Trintignant and Robert Ryan in ...And Hope to Die (1972)

Crime Drama

A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.

Director
- René Clément
Writers
- Sébastien Japrisot
- David Goodis
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

893

YOUR RATING

Director
- René Clément
Writers
- Sébastien Japrisot
- David Goodis
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Goofs
Though the main characters except for Trintignant's are supposed to be French Canadian none of them speak with the distinctive Quebecois accent but instead speak Parisian style French.

Quotes
Mattone: It don't work, nothing ever works with the French, except having kids. I read that in a book once.

Alternate versions
The original version released in Europe ran 140 minutes. Soon after, it was cut once again to 127 minutes. When it arrived in the United States, it was further cut to 99 minutes.

Connections
Referenced in Mean Streets (1973)

User reviews6

Review

Featured review

6/10

Unique, surrealistic thriller

It's not a coincidence that "La Course Du Lievre A Travers Les Champs" opens with a Lewis Carroll quote: this picture has more in common with "Alice In Wonderland" than any caper film (the genre it technically belongs to). It is an extremely offbeat, wildly unconventional film, with a nightmarish, surrealistic quality: there is hardly a frame or a line of dialogue in it that is "normal" or predictable. It is way too drawn-out in its storytelling to be wholly successful (the wheels of the plot are not set in motion until the last quarter (!) of its 141-minute running time), but it's certainly a unique experience. Great international cast, with a stunning contrast between exotic beauty Lea Massari and girl-next-door beauty Tisa Farrow. **1/2 out of 4.