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The City of Silences
The City of Silences
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The City of Silences

Original Title: La Ville des silences

1979
1h 40m
Thriller
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1979

Runtime

1h 40m

Storyline

Creuzeville, a small provincial town with its woods, its countryside, its ramparts, its mass and its little Sunday cakes. A stranger arrives. He's a private investigator in Creuzeville, over which an old family of industrialists reigns, a murder has just been committed. The victim is the founding ancestor of this small empire that has outgrown one man. In Creuzeville, we hardly like foreigners, especially if they are vegetarians, perhaps homosexuals, undoubtedly anarchists like, precisely, this detective. However the detective by whom the scandal broke broke the silence of the city by going to the heart of family secrets hitherto well hidden behind purple shutters. The murders follow one another. We strike on the left - a young ecologist - as on the right - a cynical playboy. Continuing to dissect the mobiles and the characters, the detective dropped the masks one by one. And, little by little, fear and violence are settling in the small town.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Nov 14, 1979
Languages
French
Director
Jean Marbœuf
Jean Marbœuf
Production
Babylone Films
Babylone Films
Production Countries
France

Top Cast

8 Cast Members

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Jean-Pierre Cassel

Private detective

Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

Nathan Farijacque

Michel Duchaussoy

Michel Duchaussoy

François Lestin

Denis Manuel

Denis Manuel

Casino director

Claire Maurier

Claire Maurier

Muriel

Michèle Simonnet

Michèle Simonnet

Véra, François' wife

Amélie Prévost

Amélie Prévost

Julie, Nathan's daughter

Vincent Gauthier

Vincent Gauthier

Thomas, Nathan's son

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