The 20-film program spans almost all of Giovanni’s directing career and eight screenplays written for major French auteurs
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'The Big Risk' Courtesy of San Sebastián Film Festival The San Sebastián Film Festival will dedicate a 20-feature retrospective to José Giovanni, the French director, screenwriter and novelist who became one of the defining figures of the country’s postwar crime cinema.
Running during the festival’s 74th edition, the program will span films released between 1960 and 2001, presenting almost all of Giovanni’s work as a director alongside eight titles he wrote for filmmakers including Jacques Becker, Jean-Pierre Melville, Claude Sautet, Jacques Deray, Robert Enrico and Henri Verneuil.
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