Synopsis
Happy New Year (La Bonne Année, 1973) is Claude Lelouch's French crime romance, available to watch online on iFILM. Career thief Simon plots a jewelry heist in off-season Cannes — until the antiques dealer next door turns a clean plan into something complicated.
Simon and his partner Charles have it timed to the minute. Holiday Cannes without the crowds, a window full of gems, a route mapped out. What they didn't factor in was Françoise, who runs the shop on the corner. Lino Ventura plays the crook as a tired man who knows better, and Françoise Fabian gives him a reason to forget what he knows. The robbery moves on its schedule; the affair moves on its own. Guess which one throws him off.
Lelouch isn't interested in the diamonds. He's interested in how love wrecks a grown man's careful arithmetic, with the wintry Riviera and Mireille Mathieu drifting underneath. A wry, unhurried film for anyone who likes their French cinema low on noise. Stream Happy New Year (1973) online on iFILM.
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