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The Ruffian
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Wikipedia article
'The Ruffian' is a 1983 French-Canadian crime adventure film written and directed by Jos Giovanni and starring Lino Ventura, Bernard Giraudeau and Claudia Cardinale.VV.AA. 'Variety Film Reviews', Volume 18. Garland Pub., 1989.'Le Nouvel Observateur'. Issues 947-964; Volume 947. It is based on Giovanni's 1969 novel 'Les Ruffian'.
Plot
The film follows Aldo, an adventurer who works at a gold mine in Canada. The mine is attacked by bandits, who kill everyone except Aldo and two First Nations people. They seek revenge by killing the bandits and stealing back their gold. Having suspicion of the two First Nations people, Aldo then proceeds to run off without them, but then loses the gold in a river. He drives to his home Montreal to recruit his friends John and Grard, and his wife lonore, to help him retrieve the gold from the river. Menwhile, the two First Nations people whom Aldo betrayed seek to recover the gold as well.
Cast
* Lino Ventura as Aldo Svenac
* Bernard Giraudeau as Grard Jackson
* Claudia Cardinale as Catherine Hansen
* Pierre Frag as John
* Batrix Van Til as lonore
* August Schellenberg as Nelson Harting
References
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