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Plein fer (1990)

Plein fer (1990)

Drama
Release Date: 1990, September 26
Directors: Josée Dayan
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Ellepi Films, Ellepi Films, Ciné Cinq, Ciné Cinq, Chrysalide Film, Chrysalide Film, Canal+, Canal+
Cast: Serge Reggiani, François Négret, Julien Guiomar, Patrick Bouchitey, Bernadette Lafont, Jean-Paul Roussillon, Jean-Pierre Bisson, Aurélie Gibert, Robert Ripa

Overview:

The Italians have bocce ball, and the French have a similar game, boules. This is played (generally in the southern part of the country) with steel balls on a packed-earth court. While these games have a bucolic, countrified and even genteel air about them, competition and betting are fierce. In this sports/crime thriller, a young man whose father was killed for violating the unspoken roles of the game in professional competition trains with his grandfather to become a champion boules player just like his father.