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Bad Seed

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Playboy Henri's wealthy father supports him, but when he tires of Henri not finding work, he takes away the younger man's cash and new car, hoping to prompt his son to find a job. Henri quickly makes friends with a gang of car thieves, falling in love with one. After the gang is betrayed, Henri and his new girlfriend decide to move to Casablanca to start over.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews It's the charming early talkie morality lightweight comedy and rarely seen debut film of Billy Wilder. Rated: B Sep 30, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Oct 18, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Robson C Henri é um jovem playboy que não quer saber de trabalho e só deseja dirigir o seu carro. Porém, o seu pai, decidido a lhe dar uma lição, vende o seu carro e corta sua mesada, obrigando-o a procurar emprego. Porém, Henri se revolta com a atitude do pai e sai de casa. Na rua, rouba um carro, porém uma quadrilha de ladrões de automóveis o pega. Ele cai nas graças da gangue e começa a trabalhar com eles. Primeiro filme dirigido por Billy Wilder, aqui em parceria com Alexander Esway, é uma produção francesa de baixo orçamento, o que levou os diretores a filmarem nas ruas de Paris e usarem de bastante engenhosidade nas tomadas, principalmente nas que filmam no ponto de vista do motorista. Além de uma perseguição da polícia a Henri, que dirige um carro prestes a quebrar. Há uma tensão muito bem filmada. O roteiro é simples, mas tem ótimas doses de humor, principalmente nas cenas envolvendo o ator Jean Wall que rouba os piores veículos. Outro personagem interessante é Jean, do ator Raymond Galle, que tem fixação por gravatas, chegando ao ponto de roubar as dos seus colegas de quadrilha. Danielle Darrieux faz a femme fatale que enrola os donos dos veículos, para que a quadirlha roube os seus carros e Michel Duran faz o líder maquiavélico da gangue. Não é um grande filme, mas nota-se já o talento de Wilder na direção e roteiro. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/29/24 Full Review Audience Member Unspectacular Billy Wilder film becomes quite tedious as it rolls along. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I didn't expect to have as much fun with it. Anyway, it was incredible just to watch such an old movie on a digital media. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Audience Member This is not a great movie -- the first half hour, in particular, is pretty awful. But it picks up speed as it goes along, and every now and then you can catch a glimpse of the filmmaker Billy Wilder will one day become. Also worth watching for a very young but already luminous Danielle Darrieux. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Playboy Henri's wealthy father supports him, but when he tires of Henri not finding work, he takes away the younger man's cash and new car, hoping to prompt his son to find a job. Henri quickly makes friends with a gang of car thieves, falling in love with one. After the gang is betrayed, Henri and his new girlfriend decide to move to Casablanca to start over.
Director
Alexander Esway, Billy Wilder
Producer
Georges Bernier
Screenwriter
Max Kolpé, H.G. Lustig, Billy Wilder, Claude-Andre Puget
Production Co
Compagnie nouvelle commerciale
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (DVD)
Dec 3, 2002
Runtime
1h 17m