Les tontons flingueurs (1963)

	Also Known As: Mein Onkel der Gangster
	Year of first release: 1963
	Director: Georges Lautner
	Actors: Lino Ventura, Bernard Blier, Francis Blanche, Sabine Sinjen, Claude Rich
	Country: F, D, I
	Genre: Polar
	Conditions of visioning: 30.12.2016, Bluray, French version
Synopsis: Living quietly on the countryside, Fernand Naudin (Ventura) gets a telegram from Paris. Le Mexicain, an old friend, leaves the guard of his daughter Patricia (Sinjen) and his criminal business to him. The colleagues of the Mexican do not accept it that easily.
Review: I got a pack of blu-rays including Les tontons flingueurs, Ne nous fâchons pas and Les Barbouzes because I wanted to listen to the dialogues of Michel Audiard. I remembered these as very rich, funny and clear.  When the movie was released, all polars were very serious and the goal was to show a suspenseful story (e.g. Hitchcock). It became a great success as Pulp Fiction by Tarantino via bringing the gangsters to be funny without making a slapstick comedy.  We know Lino Ventura more for his classical polar movies. Bernard Blier and Francis Blanche had more acting aspects with respectively secondary and main roles in comedies, polars and drama. Even if they keep their standard roles, these are enriched by the comedy/polar sides of the story and of the dialogues. Actually all secondary roles bring something both fun and serious to this polar. We meet the complete family, the real one and the criminal one, as we would meet a family member, with his emotions, his defects. And this was really innovative.
Rating: 8 /10