L'année sainte (1976)
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Jean Gabin, Jean-Claude Brialy, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Danielle Darrieux, Henri Virlojeux, Paolo Giusti, Jacques Marin, Maurice Teynac, Stéphane Bouy, Giampiero Albertini, Luciano Bartoli, Tommy Duggan, Billy Kearns, Franck Cabot-David, Michel Fortin, Monique Tarbes, Maurice Travail
Two escaped crooks disguise themselves as clergy to retrieve a hidden gold hoard during the Holy Year, but their flight is hijacked.
The story
At Melun Central Prison, veteran crook Max Lambert meets Pierre Bizet, who tells him of half a billion in gold buried near a small chapel outside Rome. Max’s former partner, Marcel Scandini, arranges their escape. Max poses as a bishop, while Pierre is to pass as his secretary, a priest. They plan to use the Holy Year and its crowds of pilgrims as cover while traveling to Rome to recover the treasure. Their journey takes an unexpected turn when the plane intended to carry them to Rome is hijacked and diverted to Tangier.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Max Lambert is a tough old crook. At Melun Central Prison, he meets Pierre Bizet, who tells him about retrieving a hoard of half a billion in gold, buried near a small chapel outside Rome. Marcel Scandini, Max’s former partner, arranges their escape. Max disguises himself as a bishop and Pierre, who is supposed to be his secretary, as a priest. The plan is to take advantage of the Holy Year to blend in with the pilgrims and recover the hoard. But the plane that is supposed to take them to Rome is hijacked and diverted to Tangier.
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