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Julien is a former paratrooper, who now works for millionaire arms dealer Simon Carala. He is in love with Florence, Carala's wife. They plan to murder him and make it look like a suicide, but Julien forgets a rather important detail. Leaving the engine of his sports car running, he races up...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Davis, Miles (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France, Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Malle, Louis, 1932-1995 (Director, Screenwriter), Nimier, Roger, 1925-1962 (Screenwriter), Thuillier, Jean (Producer), Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 (Actor), Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983 (Actor), Poujouly, Georges, 1940-2000 (Actor), Bertin, Yori (Actor), Wall, Jean (Actor), Petrovich, Ivan (Actor), Marten, Félix (Actor), Ventura, Lino, 1919-1987 (Actor), Calef, Noël, 1907-1968
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	French
Language Notes:	In French with optional subtitles in English.
Published:	[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2006]
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 335.
Subjects:	Murderers > Drama. Crime > France > Drama. Married people > France > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Juvenile delinquents > France > Drama. Mistaken identity > France > Paris > Drama. Paris (France) > Moral conditions > Drama. Film noir. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Detective and mystery films. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Foreign films. Motion pictures, French. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Table of Contents:

Disc one: the film "Je t'aime"
Mr. Carala
Julien Tavenier
Florence Carala
Secret agent man
Miles apart
Night on the Champs-Élysées
Mercedes 300 SL
Party in the Benckers' room
"Good joke"
Night watchman
Friend of Julien's
Midnight getaway
"Tragic Lovers"
Police roundup
Scene at the Trappes Motel
Breakthrough
Same man
"Little riddle for you"
"I'll save you, Julien"
Photos
Color bars (92 min.) Theatrical trailers (3 min.).
Disc two: the supplements Parlons Cinéma (Let's talk cinema) [featurette] with Louis Malle (17 min.); Jeanne Moreau, 2005 [featurette] (18 min.); Malle and Moreau at Cannes [featurette] (11 min.); Maurice Ronet [featurette] (5 min.); Miles Davis Score [featurettes] (45 min.); Crazeologie [featurette] (6 min.).