La Part des lions
Plot
Maurice Ménard and Éric Chambon are two childhood friends. Ménard is a petty thief who is involved with a ruthless gang of bank robbers, while Chambon is a writer who will follow his long time friend until the loss of both of them.
Production
La Part des lions was directed by Jean Larriaga [fr]. His career was a director was short-lived and prior to his directorial debut with La Part des lions, he co-wrote Claude Mulot's The Blood Rose (1970) and has been an editor and assistant director at Gaumont. Sergio Gobbi said that Larriaga was persistent on developing La Part des lions saying that Larriaga had "followed me everywhere with his script. And to have some peace, I said yes." The film was originally known as L'Amicide, a word formed by combining "ami" (lit. 'friend') and homicide. The film began shooting on May 10, 1971.
La Part des lions was an international co-production between France and Italy through the Paris-based Paris Cannes Production and the Rome-based DC 7.
Release
La Part des Lions was released in France on September 8, 1971. It had 768,707 spectators in France and reached 52nd place in the annual box office.
It was released in Italy on December 9, 1973 as L'ultima rapina a Parigi.
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