Review of Going Places (1974) by Kevin Z — 23 Jul 2008
As you can tell from the English translation, this is a pretty racy French flick from the golden age of racy flicks, the 1970s. A surprisingly attractive young Gerard Depardieu and his dopey pal wander the French countryside with sex and violence on their minds.
Some of the scenes are amusing, others disturbing (especially one where the anti-heroes force a a woman with a newborn baby to let them watch her nurse--I can't imagine this scene being in an American film), and one sequence involving Jeanne Moreau as a newly released convict is actually quite touching.
A sort of post-'60s riff on Godard's A Band Apart.
This review of Going Places (1974) was written by Kevin Z on 23 Jul 2008.
Going Places has generally received positive reviews.
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