Without Apparent Motive

1971 [FRENCH]

Action / Crime / Mystery / Thriller

2
IMDb Rating 6.3/10 10 1172 1.2K

rape and revenge

Plot summary

A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.

Director

Philippe Labro Photo
Philippe Labro

Top cast

Esmeralda Ruspoli Photo
Esmeralda Ruspoli as Madame Forest
Laura Antonelli Photo
Laura Antonelli as Juliette Vaudreuil
Dominique Sanda Photo
Dominique Sanda as Sandra Forest
Stéphane Audran Photo
Stéphane Audran as Hélène Vallée
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927.46 MB
1204*720
French 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 40 min
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1.68 GB
1792*1072
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 40 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by happytrigger-64-390517 7 / 10

yes again, Nice in ...

... Nice (impossible to miss that title, hey Hugh and JJ?) If Philippe Labro isn't a great film noir director like Melville or Corneau, his polars are however entertaining. There are some very fine scenes in "Sans Mobile Apparent", pop and sexy like an italian criminal movie. In fact, it's quite close to giallo, with a terrible secret surrounding the killings in that privileged town of Nice, but these killings are made with a rifle by a sniper. Philippe Labro was mainly a journalist and he covered the most well known sniper story, Kennedy's killing. Labro loved guns and rifles, we feel it in this movie.What bothers me is that Labro shot that polar as a cinephile, giving Trintignant some Bogart gestures like Godard with Belmondo in "Breathless", and those few new wave quotes are rather painful to me, Trintignant's character should have been more worked, he is too much stereotyped, sometimes being too much without explanation. But the sulfurous 70s atmosphere is great, the girls are sexy (Audran, Sanda, Gravina) and master Morricone's score is sumptuous. Philippe Labro must love "the Sniper" by Edward Dmytryk.
Reviewed by JasparLamarCrabb 7 / 10

It's nice in Nice

An exciting mystery set in Nice directed with a lot of style by Philippe Labro. Jean-Louis Trintignant is a cop trying find a sniper that seems to be picking off people at random only to realize that everyone he comes into contact with ends up a victim. This hard boiled film is adapted from an Ed McBain story and so cleverly put together, it's impossible not to enjoy it. Trintignant is very stolid (almost humorless) and the supporting cast is terrific. Dominique Sanda is one victim's daughter and she seems to know more than she lets on. Sexy Carla Gravina is a call girl who obviously knows TOO MUCH. LOVE STORY author Erich Segal has a brief role as an astrologist. A great music score by Ennio Morricone.
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