La race des 'seigneurs'

Alain Delon plays the leader of a small leftist political party in France who has been offered a cabinet position in a coalition government. The party is split on the issue and much debate occurs. Meanwhile, Delon's character has become romantically involved with a beautiful model - Creezy (Sydne Rome), despite the fact he is married to a wealthy woman and has a teenage son. He is ambitious to advance in government, yet he loves his romps with Creezy. Much talk ensues. Plus, his mentor is a rich widow (Jeanne Moreau),well never mind. So, two movies. Political story and love story. Or, maybe three, as Rome spends a lot of time topless.(Several times I thought - Bill Clinton should have been so lucky.) Amusing.

It's routine but smooth and elegant, thanks to the perfect casting of the icy Delon. There's some smart dialog and some honest interaction going on here, but modern multiplexers will probably find it tedious and much too lifelike for their tastes. Still, for the sophisticated, it's worth a look.

"Creezy" - or should I say, "L'arrivista", "La race des seigneurs", or whatever else they decided to call this marketing disaster has a mess of a plot, where Alain Delon plays Julien Dandieu, a politician so dripping in cynicism that you almost expect him to twirl a mustache while plotting his rise to power. And, of course, what's a powerful man without a predictable dalliance with a model? Enter Creezy, a character whose name alone might make you want to double-check if this is a political drama or a bizarre horror flick.

Sydne Rome gives a performance that can best be described as "barely adequate," which is a bit like calling a house fire "slightly warm." If you're watching the Italian version, you get the added bonus of her being dubbed with a voice so nasal and childlike that you'll be wondering if the casting director lost a bet.

The movie had all the potential to be a saucy, scandalous political drama, but the editors decided to grace us with a choppy mess that's about as thrilling as watching paint dry. The film flits between Julien's "busy" day, where he meets an endless parade of political players and his constant, tedious obsession with the titular Creezy. This obsession is expressed through approximately a billion flashbacks that do nothing to make you care about their lust-driven, originality-free "love" story. By the tenth flashback, you might start rooting for the fast-forward button.

And don't get your hopes up when you see Jeanne Moreau in the credits. Yes, the legendary Jeanne Moreau is in this film, but her role is so secondary and irrelevant that you'll forget she's even there. Remember, even the greatest actors occasionally have bills to pay, which explains her unfortunate presence in this cinematic misfire.

Now, for the pièce de résistance: the flashbacks. If you've ever dreamed of watching Alain Delon and Sydne Rome listen to a tour guide drone on about Roman ruins, or maybe you're dying to hear about wage and pension claims in the middle of your political drama, well, have I got the movie for you!

Finally, a side note: who, in their infinite wisdom, thought naming a character "Creezy" was a stroke of genius? And why were Paris's streets plastered with Creezy posters in varying states of undress? Was every other model in France on holiday?

So, if you're eager to explore Alain Delon's filmography, do yourself a favor - skip this one.

In this movie Alain Delon plays an ambitious classy politician,called JULIEN DANDIEU .He's portrait is of one who started from lower class as a miner,he continued high-school and then university.He made a marriage with a very wealthy woman who suited with him in order to served to his ambitions.He started as union member ,union leader and then as politician.Travelling by airways met a top fashion model called Creezy.They fall in love one each other.More than that it is hard to forgot a woman like Creezy because she is on the all walls in Paris in commercials.JULIEN shares his time between party and CREEZY.There is another woman in JULIEN life played by JEANNE MOREAU who is very powerful because her political connections.She helps a lot JULIEN and advice him whole the time.Winning the place of minister is his achievement but costs him his relationship with CREEZY.

Alain Delon and Sydne Rome (as Creezy) star in this film. You also have Jeanne Moreau in a supporting role. Because of this stellar cast, you'd expect more from this film. Instead, however, the film is amazingly unmoving and uninteresting.

Delon plays a famous French politician who has aspirations of a cabinet appointment. He has a mistress named 'Creezy' and they have a VERY active sex life (and you see a lot of the gorgeous Rome). She poses a bit of a problem, however, as Delon is so devoted to his work that he really doesn't have time for her. Another problem is that his image is of a family man--but he really doesn't have time for them either. Again and again throughout the film, they make love and then fight because he doesn't have time to stay. Eventually, she's had enough.

The main problem with the movie is that it's hard to like the characters. Delon is a cold and selfish man. Creezy is sleeping with a married man. And, to top it all off, their characters really have no depth at all and you know very, very little about them--especially Creezy. Other than loving him, looking hot and being a model, you really know very little more about her. All in all a curiously unengaging film--one that left me feeling quite flat.