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The acting in this movie is really good.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

It redefined my life, and the music is unbelievably beautiful.I first saw it when I was 8 or 9. It's incredibly good: story, cinematography, acting. It has it all.And no, they don't make films like this any more.After all these years, I cannot understand why oh why she didn't fall for Lino Ventura.And Laetitia's burial scene will haunt me till the day that I die.Don't rob yourself, watch this jewel of French cinematography.I've used its music theme for a ringtone for ages. Only once someone recognized it and almost cried.

A movie I've seen several times when I was a kid, I was only 9 years old, I liked it very much then, I nearly wept when they put Letitia (Joanna Shimkus) dead in the diving suit, and let it drop to the seabed, the scene is impressive even now (May 2016). All the underwater filming is cool. Delon? He appears in the famous trench, with dark glasses, like in Le Samouraï but is not at the same height of the character Jef Costello. Anyway, it's not bad. Ventura is natural as ever. Shimkus is tidy and nice. Serge Reggiani he's credible too. The music of François de Roubaix, as usual impressive, increases the dramatic value. Robert Enrico, who gave us the Boulevard du Rhum(1971)(with the same Lino Ventura) and Le vieux fusil(1975), two other good movies, is a honorable film director. Not outdone José Giovanni, another heavy of the French cinema, here the author of the script and dialogues, after his own novel.

If you wish to know -or, to remember- that our world was once upon a time a beautiful and healthy one, please, would you like to taste -again- this excellent masterpiece... Alain Delon, that Apollon of the Seventh Art, is in one of the best actings and appearances; he is simply wonderful again. Lino Ventura is just the man needed for this masterpiece. Joanna Shimkus -Laetitia- will remain, forever, in your mind after this masterpiece. The soundtrack is too unforgettable. You can be sure that you will always hear in your soul the Song of Laetitia. And, though Robert Enrico is not a very celebrated director,you will see also that he should be. 10 bright stars for Les Aventuriers...

The film has many pleasures - a wonderful score, a barnstorming biplane, a funny car (with an even funnier-looking driver), a Paris art show, and a nifty fortress in the middle of the ocean. Alain Delon is always a pleasure to watch. He plays the arrogant, handsome daredevil with a heart of gold quite convincingly. His acting is always intense, even when he is doing very little. Lino Ventura is terrific as well, and he and Delon are a great pair. Upon reflection their relationship makes little sense (since we are given no history of the two) but it hardly matters when one is watching the film. The relationship between the two men and Laetitia (Joanna Shimkus)is a bit odd but sweet and believable. The locations are wide ranging (Paris, Africa, coastal France) and this film is full of exciting and droll scenes: The discovery of the sunken airplane is beautiful and scary; Roland and Manu walking out of the casino in their suave duds and getting into Roland's tow-truck is hilarious. The greatest pleasure of the film is that the narrative does not necessarily go where one would imagine it would. The version I saw was widescreen and the subtitles were mostly in the lower black of the letterboxing, which made them very easy to read. If you're in the mood for a little bit of action with a lot of good characterization and acting, check this one out.PS: The French seem pretty hung up with threesomes, no?