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Une fille et des fusils
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Wikipedia article
'Une fille et des fusils' is a 1965 French film directed by Claude Lelouch. It is also known in the English-speaking world as 'The Decadent Influence' or 'To Be a Crook'.
Plot
Four young people, tired of working life, decide that they can earn more money from crime than they can from work. The film follows their training at the first "crime school", as well as their following deeds.
Cast
*Jean-Pierre Kalfon as 'Jean-Pierre'
*Amidou as 'Amidou'
*Pierre Barouh as 'Pierre'
*Jacques Portet as 'Jacques'
*Janine Magnan as 'Martine'
*Yane Barry as 'the bistrokeeper'
*Betty Beckers as 'the prostitute'
Background
*With the film becoming Lelouch's first commercial success, he attempted to destroy all copies and negatives of his previous films. Lalouche failed to find a distributor for his next film, 'Les grands moments,' and he then destroyed that film as well.
*Lelouch recycled some ideas from for 'Une fille et des fusils' film in his later works, such as the shooting of bottles in 'Le bon et les mchants' and the economic catastrophes in 'L'aventure, c'est l'aventure'.
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