by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Claude Lelouch's Bandits combines a murder story with a skewered view of "family values." Jewel thief Jean Yanne ships his daughter Marie-Sophie Lelouch off to a Swiss boarding school. His motives are not altogether paternal: Yanne intends to avenge the murder of his wife, and doesn't want his daughter around to complicate his plans. In Switzerland, Lelouch falls in love with a young criminal, and the cycle that has entrapped her father starts all over again. Nothing is what it seems and nothing that happens is what we expect in Bandits.
characteristics
- Vengeance
- Revenge
- Retaliation
- Retribution
- Vigilante
- Vendetta
- Avenge
- Death Of A Partner
- Jewel-robbery
- Daughter
- Kill
- Thief
- Boarding-school
- Robber
- Heist
