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The Big Pardon

1982 · 130 min Crime Comedy Drama
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their activities include running casinos, organizing underground boxing matches, illegal gambling, pimping, racketeering and bloody settlements of scores against other Arab and French clans. But in the shadows, Pascal Villars has sworn the loss of the Bettoun. He will succeed in setting the Arab clan against the Jewish clan, for the great benefit of the police commissioner Duché, who has been trying in vain for ten years to bring down the Bettouns.

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Original Title Le Grand Pardon
Year 1982
Country France
Genre Crime, Comedy, Drama
Director Alexandre Arcady
Runtime 130 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.2/10 (84 votes)

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Alexandre Arcady constructs a gangster saga that relies on family bonds and clan logic. It explores the dual identity of its characters, caught between criminal codes and Jewish tradition, using sharp editing and dialogue to build a relentless pace.

What lingers after the credits is the feeling of a pressure cooker where humor and brutality coexist. Those who tire of generic crime stories will find a raw, culturally specific slice of 80s French underworld life. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Alexandre Arcady

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