i agree with all the strenghts mention in the other review but there be some beat miss here that keep it firmly inside the genre of crime drama or film noir and limit it from be a great drama beyond the limit of the element that make up film noir not to say that the great film noirs aren not or can not or shouldn not be also great drama and but this one isn not . one other note the music in the film be use sparingly but i would say be use to accentuate the action more frequently than the wife element . great set up to this film by the way with an abrupt sort of non end end that be either just right or a let down depends . spoiler follow a to some specific . the big turn in the story involve the child see their mother die and or it should be the big moment . but the child be never show to react one way or the other . neither cry and neither ask their father what happen and the kid be good actor and the reaction of the father be i suppose what matter but this be a big misstep . this be the heart of the story and the kid be keep mostly blank in their reaction . they really just have none and in the next scene they look a if nothing happen . in like fashion there be a bond that form between belmondo and ventura character . belmondo say he know the partner who be kill but this be never explain and have no impact dramatically on belmondo or anyone else . the belmondo romantic subplot also strain credibility though it convincingly act . ventura character just let belmondo involve a total stranger in their escape plan for no reason . he doesn not even comment or seem to notice . another gap . the end to the movie and and i would not spoil it and the end happens off screen with a perfunctory voice over to tell you what happen . i guess this try to make it feel more true to life and but again like these other misstep leave drama off screen . what the point of not deal with these issue . i do not know and other than maybe the goal of the film be limit to give the audience what it want from a crime melodrama suggest some deep element and then move on to ignore them . too bad there be much to recommend this film and ventura be very very good and but too bad it could have be a great drama as well a a crime story a with imdb favorite movie of all time the godfather . this film have potential . would make for a good remake though if do in the u. s. more problem would probably sink the film and but in the hand of the right director this would be a good remake and though it doubtful ventura performance could be top . so worth see but frustrate a a whole .