Le grand pardon

French cinema is rather notorious for its lack of depth and this movie is a first rate example of bad cinema. The plot is trivial and the characters rather conventional. To be frank, there is no plot. The director watched THE GODFATHER, loved it obviously and decided to make a copycat. An old but rather likeable jewish gangster tries to hold his empire, although he feels the heat by police and other professionals of his trade. It could be a funny movie but there is a rather serous problem, everyone takes himself very very seriously and the result is rather tiresome. Don't watch it, it 's a waste of time.