Nada
1974
When a small French terrorist group kidnaps an American ambassador and holds him to ransom, the police are quick to action. However, it soon becomes apparent that their chief concern is not the safe return of the hostage, but rather the absolute elimination of the terrorists... Read more
| Starring | Fabio Testi, Lou Castel, Mariangelo Melato, Michel Aumont |
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| Director | Claude Chabrol |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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Nada
When a small French terrorist group kidnaps an American ambassador and holds him to ransom, the police are quick to action. However, it soon becomes apparent that their chief concern is not the safe return of the hostage, but rather the absolute elimination of the terrorists...
| Starring | Fabio Testi, Lou Castel, Mariangelo Melato, Michel Aumont, Michel Duchaussoy |
|---|---|
| Director | Claude Chabrol |
| Studio | ARROW FILMS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 46 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: French |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 25 Jul 2005 Production year: 1974 |
| Format | DVD |
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Claude Chabrol here adopts the style of the exciting political thrillers of Costa-Gavras, though he adds his special brand of cynicism and black humour and refuses to take sides. Nada, the Spanish for “nothing”, is the name of a group of anarchists who decide to kidnap the American ambassador in Paris during his weekly visit to a high-class bordello. Conflicts grow within the group and among the police, who are viewed as the flip side of the same coin. This rather overlong film came as a surprise after Chabrol's series of domestic murder stories featuring his wife, Stéphane Audran.
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A chillingly cool political thriller, all the better for its non-partisan stance. No attempt is made to whitewash the... read more on Time Out
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Nada. Nothing. Rien.
'Nada' hits a low spot in the usually interesting Chabrol canon. At the time (1974) of its initial release, some critics took against its ambivalent stance on terrorists facing a police shoot-to-kill policy. Today it just looks dated, both in its politics and its ketchup-for-blood effects. Sadly we are now all too familiar with real terrorism, but even without our reluctant expertise, this never looked like a good film and thankfully Chabrol soon returned to making much sharper movies about sex, infidelity and murder in provincial France--the kind of politics at which he excels.
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The synopsis is a spoiler
and tha treallly all it is to this film which aged badly and is too simplistic.
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- Chantal
- Posted 13 Aug 2007 11:07
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