All Fired Up

All Fired Up

1982 · 105 min · FR · 5.8 (39 votes)
Dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau · Starring Yves Montand, Isabelle Adjani, Lauren Hutton, Alain Souchon, Jean-Luc Bideau, Pinkas Braun · Music Michel Berger
ComedyDrama

Victor Valance, an absent father and gambler, works with shady casino operations abroad. When he returns to Paris in need of money, he plans to take advantage that Pauline, his eldest daughter now fully responsible for the whole family, has begun to work for the Ministry of Finance. Pauline thwarts his new projects but when she realizes gangsters are looking for Victor she will put her life at risk to help him and save their family.

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A tense, melancholic drama about a father's desperate return and a daughter's difficult choices. It feels like a gritty, character-driven crime story where family loyalty clashes with dangerous secrets, set against a backdrop of Parisian unease.

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