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Our Heroes Died Tonight (2013)

Directed by David Perrault

Crime | Drama

Most recently watched by sleestakk

Overview

France in the early 60s. Simon, a wrestler, wears a white mask. In the ring, he is known as “The Specter”. He suggests to his friend Victor who has just returned from combat to be his adversary in the ring and wear a black mask, and be known as “The Slaughterer of Belleville”. But for Victor, still shaken from his experience in combat, this is too much; for once in his life he would like to be the good guy, the one people cheer on. Simon then suggests they switch masks. But it proves less easy to fool the rest of the wrestling crowd…

Length 97 minutes

Actors

Denis Ménochet | Jean-Pierre Martins | Constance Dollé | Philippe Nahon | Pascal Demolon | Alice Barnole | Yann Collette | Jean-Marc Noiret-Cosson

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/21/2013Movie ScreenDigitalTheater8.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

A black and white French neo-noir set in the 1960s just after the Algerian conflict that was one of my favorite films of the fest. The cinematography and soundtrack were excellent and the masked wrestling scenes were great.

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