One of the frequent themes in the films of Melville is loyalty between men, so it should come as no surprise to Melville fans that Michel and Ferchaux develop an usual, and even unhealthy bond–you could apply the term ‘co-dependency’ here, but while Melville’s film is ultimately positive when it comes to analyzing the relationship between the aging millionaire and Michel, the Simenon novel on which the film is based is far darker. If there’s any truth to the idea that a relationship can be judged by the way it alters the people involved with each other, then the relationship between Simenon’s characters Ferchaux and Michel Maudet is toxic.
Laine.des.Ferchaux.1963.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC2.0.H.264-SbR.mkv
General
Container: Matroska
Runtime: 1 h 45 min
Size: 3.49 GiB
Video
Codec: x264
Resolution: 1920x1080
Aspect ratio: 16:9
Frame rate: 23.976 fps
Bit rate: 4 599 kb/s
BPP: 0.093
Audio
#1: French 2.0ch AAC LC @ 137 kb/s
Language(s):French
Subtitles:English (Hardcoded)
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