Le Nez au vent (1997) Directed by Dominique Guerrier
Drama
Film Synopsis
Raphaël commits suicide at the age of seventy. On the other
side of the mirror, in the realm of the dead, he is reunited with the
wife who left him thirty years previously. Alas, he is not
permitted to stay here because he killed himself. Raphaël
comes to his senses and finds himself lying on a bed in hospital.
He intends to take advantage of the extra life he has been granted but
his son Pierre has moved into his home after breaking up with his
wife. Keen to find out more about his parents, Pierre questions
his father, and the memories come flooding back...
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.
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