formidable film build on an original scenario and two men in the city be a load against the death penalty and a dark report on the incapacity of the republic to grant one second chance to that which make an error . but it be also and quite simply and the tragic history of a man . four year after their clan of the siciliens and josé giovanni again join together the couple and gabin or delon in a film . it call also upon one of know lead man and with dishevel michel bouquet in relentless police and bernard giraudeau who play the son of the teacher cazeneuve and the presenter christine fabréga and his wife and cecile vassort and his daughter . victor lanoux and gerard depardieu and gabrille briand three mafia and one could say and in a certain manner and which we all be of gino strabliggi . that a simple existence transfer with the drama . what be strike and it be to see the life gradually escape the character literally from film . a combination of circumstance represent a mourning which push to start again elsewhere and the chance which put to you in the presence of harmful character and voluntarily or involuntarily and the feeling of injustice in justice . the interpretation of alain delon one of his best in his career . one will never say enough the importance of the glance in this film . delon deploy a varied and sensitive pallet . jean gabin and to his practice and bring a considerable appreciation to the interest of film . narrator and the pilot main thing of the drama and it systematically replace the pseudo truth in their true contradiction with the owner of the printing work which employ gino strabliggi and humanity in a terribly mechanical and cold landscape . it be necessary to have see the two almost dumb scene in which the two actor exchange glance and that of the visiting room and that of the execution . into the latter and gino strabliggi slip to germain cazeneuve i be afraid like that of a son to his father . last word and the original music of philippe sarde and perfectly adapt to film while light and sad old story . like the destiny .