The story takes place in a remote and poor town in South America, an American company – South Oil Company (SOC) under the oil well explosion, the need for explosive nitroglycerin to extinguish the fire, so heavily enlisted drivers to transport these dangerous goods, four poor men accepted this dangerous task, driving two trucks loaded with nitroglycerine Four poor men accept this dangerous mission and drive two trucks loaded with nitroglycerin to the oil fields. Along the way, there are many crises and dangers, the trucks pass through rugged jungles and traverse rugged mountains, with a strong sense of tension and oppression running through the whole process.
The beginning of the movie is a bit dragging and boring, the tension and rhythm of the middle part is well controlled, and the ending part is full of black irony, which is impressive. The hero, who has completed his mission after a lot of hard work, drives back in triumph, but in the end he can’t escape from the arrangement of destiny.
1953 / France Italy / Drama Thriller Adventure / Henri-Georges Clouzot / Yves Montand Charles Varnel
Mario (YvesMontand) is a loafer, in a small town where all the people are looking for work, but none of them has an official job.
It’s such a poor place that countless others come to pan for gold every day, and down-and-out businessman Gio (Charles Vanel) is one of them.
Meanwhile, the not-so-long-lived Ruchi (Folco Lulli) and the arrogant and domineering Bamba (Peter Van Eyck PetervanEyck) have also appeared in the local mixed bars, and they have only one goal, which is to make money.
At this time, 500 kilometers away from the S-O-C oil company’s oil wells burning fire, in order to extinguish the fire, someone must drive a truck containing ten tons of nitroglycerin to this place, and for the company’s employees, this is undoubtedly a suicidal move, because as long as there is any slightest bumps and heat, ten tons of nitroglycerin will be transformed into ten tons of immensely powerful bombs.
The unscrupulous bosses hit on the punks because even if they died, there would be no union to hold them accountable.
Mario, Kat…
