A small-time con man on the run from the gangster-husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange, brooding mansion run by two mysterious women, where he finds himself trapped in deception between the two women.
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It would seem that a lot of people don't like this film. I don't understand why. I've always loved it. Joy House is pure pulp fiction - red herrings, an awkward love triangle and some outrageous twists. It's all so slick too! Alain Delon is a playboy on the run. His salvation comes in the form of two angels dressed in black who whisk him away to a fairytale castle - and that's where his real troubles begin! Everything about this film is so ambiguous - it's never clear where it's going, but the set up is presented so well that it's easy to buy in to whatever is in store. Much of the intrigue comes from the characters -…
If Alain Delon came to my house I wouldn't let him leave either.
"The only people who really dug that movie, for some reason, were junkies. They used to come up to me and give me a big wink." - Jane Fonda on this movie.
Visually stunning even before it hits a level of preposterous-ness that forces you to assess it beyond face value, and to be honest I don't really know what all is hiding in this particular attic - check out those eye lights, though.
Fromage-y thriller from René Clément, essentially a lighter-weight, less-successful counterpart to Plein Soleil, Clément’s masterpiece in the genre, produced four years earlier.
In this Delon plays a rascal-y playboy on the run on the Côte d’Azur from an angry American mobster whose squeeze he has… squeezed. But he falls into the clutches of a pair of beautiful, mysterious women (Lola Albright and Jane Fonda) living alone in a seaside villa, both of whom have designs on him, in more ways than one if you catch my drift.
These two telegraph their not-quite-rightness from the very start, you’d have to be an idiot not to see they’re trouble. Delon’s not an idiot, but he also needs a place to hide, and…
French title: Les Felins (Cats)
Iconic score by Lalo Schiffrin 🔥🔥🔥
A chateau-like villa on the Riviera
And two reaaally sexy (and single?) American heiresses
What‘s not to like? Well, Delon’s character Marc, for once, is clever, even a little too clever for his own good and suspects foulplay.
It takes some time for the mystery to be unravelled and it is a real pity that the English title did not keep a literal translation based on Les Felins because cats in a movie are, to my mind, always a good selling argument 😬 and, in this case, surprise surprise, they are part of the plot. Joyhouse is a very mediocre title by contrast. One could have thought of «…
“I want you to go to Europe and get him.”
“Europe’s a big place.”
Rene Clement and Al Delon just stopped by Chateau Noir tother day to chat about how purple noon can be. They had such a swell time, they came by again to spread some joy about the house.
A New York gangster (George Gaynes) discovers his wife (Berett Arcaya) has been playing rumpy-pumpy with Marc (Al Delon) and sets his thugs after the Frenchman. Escaping them, Marc takes refuge in the Riviera villa of two strange—make that tres strange—American women, cousins Barbara (Lola Albright) and Melinda (Jane Fonda). Barbara’s hubby had been killed two years earlier by her lover, Vincent (Andre Oumansky), who remains at large. Marc,…
this mostly sucks and i only watched it bc i wanted to see jane fonda and alain delon together but all of their interactions made me angry so this was a bust. alain delon running around in a pilot uniform almost makes up for how shit this is but like...not quite.
A French noir thriller that relies entirely on the charm of Delon, Albright & Fonda.
Director René Cléments creates an exciting atmosphere that is stylish and visually of the highest standard.
The plot is complex, difficult to predict and the motives of the protagonists are only gradually revealed.
However, some twists come unnecessarily early, when they would have provided much more drama a few scenes later.
It is also somewhat over-constructed, relies too much on effects towards the end and is ultimately entertaining, but not very credible.
Nevertheless, it is a successful contribution to the genre that is highly entertaining: No wonder with this trio on the Côte d'Azur.
there will never be a man just as beautiful as alain delon
jane fonda should absolutely be allowed to do that
“John! Here comes the patsy!”
Lalo Schifrin delivers some hard boppin’ jazz score to this stylish, cool and twisted film by René Clément. Alain Delon is a lover boy on the run from some relentless and sadistic pursuers, finding refuge as a hired chauffeur to a beautiful rich widow and her sexy maid. Sexual tensions ensue in this nouveau noir with enough oddness to be a spiritual companion to the likes of Sunset Boulevard.
Sorrell Booke (Boss Hogg) plays one of the henchmen whose sole role is to photograph the crimes they commit.
“Hey you! Frenchie!”
“I’m not French. I’m Corsican, like Napoleon.”
“Well that’s not your fault.”
„You can check out any time you like but you can never leave“
Joy house feels like hotel California and just is another wonderful little film of clement who once again knows how to setup a young Alain delon.
Near the Magnificent and very stylish score the supporting cast with a young Jane Fonda could totally shine. A fast pacing and a twisted finale makes this to one of the easiest watches of delons filmography.
