HAPPY NEW YEAR

France | 1973 | DCP | 110 min. | French with English subtitles
Director: Claude Lelouch
Cast: Lino Ventura, Françoise Fabian, Charles Gérard

Legendary tough guy Ventura stars as Simon, who, along with his sidekick Charlot (Gérard), uses surveillance and the art of disguise to rob a jewelry shop in Cannes. While planning the heist, Simon falls for Françoise (Françoise Fabian), the beautiful antique dealer next door. “As a triple-threat moviemaker – producer, director, and writer – Lelouch has provided a triple-leveled film that works as thriller, as romance, and as humanistic story, and emanates chic every step of the way” (New York Magazine).