The Last Adventure
The Last Adventure
| 05 May 1967 (USA)
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Two adventurers and best friends, Roland and Manu, are the victims of a practical joke that costs Manu his pilot's license. With seeming contrition, the jokesters tell Roland and Manu about a crashed plane lying on the ocean floor off the coast of Congo stuffed with riches. The adventurers set off to find the loot.

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WillSushyMedia This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.
Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
Yash Wade Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.
Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
Alan Benfield Jr (alanbenfieldjr) A splash of something fulfilling, moving, romantic, heartbreaking. Robert Enrico is one of the unsung masters of film. His movies are not destined for a Godardian audience but not even the purist film scholar can be indifferent to this. Alain Delon is at his most natural and human. That on its own it's just gorgeous. Lino Ventura is sublime as the older friend who needs the other but at the same time gives him all the freedom in the world because, as it happens with true friends, he want what's best for the other. The entrance of Joanna Shimkus into their lives is totally intoxicating. She doesn't enter to interfere in Delon and Ventura's friendship but to reinforce it. How beautiful! She's perfect. This film deserves a new life. I know it's difficult to find but it's well worth the effort.
blanche-2 "The Last Adventure" from 1967 is about three friends enjoying freedom, youth, and artistic expression.Manu (Alain Delon), Roland (Lino Ventura), and (Laetitia) Joanna Simkus are the three. In their own way, each is a daredevil. Manu is a pilot who attempts to fly through the Arch of Triumphe and as a result loses his pilot's license. Joanna is a artist who makes pieces out of scrap metal that she finds in Roland's scrapyard - she gives a big art exhibition and gets terrible reviews. Roland is a mechanic and inventor with a workshop where Manu often joins him; the two love to invent.A solid, platonic friendship is formed between Laetitia and the two men. Learning of a treasure in a plane at the bottom of the sea, the three go on a treasure hunt. It's more a way to have fun than to really find anything. During the trip, Manu reveals that he has romantic feelings for Laetitia, but she privately is more drawn to Roland - I think he seems less threatening to her. I mean, to be honest, I can't think of any other reason why she would resist Alain Delon. He's more beautiful than the scenery, which was lovely. And when he takes his shirt off and his hair grows longer...I digress.Alas, the real world is out there and wants to shatter this make- believe, childlike existence: the people who caused Manu to lose his license, Laetitia's art critics, and the men after the treasure at any price.This is a beautiful and bittersweet story of dreams and what it's like to be young, experimenting with life and spreading one's wings."The Last Adventure" has a cult following, particularly among baby boomers. It's filmed in beautiful settings and filled with lovely, poetic moments. The luminous Joanna Simkus became Mrs. Sidney Poitier in 1976 but seemingly retired before that, for those who may not be familiar with her. As has been pointed out, the director, Robert Enrico, is not considered an important director - he came along, I think, at the wrong time when people like Godard were "in" - but he does a marvelous job here.
Gustavo Clear masterpiece from Robert Enrico which should appear in top 100, and doesn't just because of lack of information. Les Aventuriers is the kind of film that is absolutely unique and no replica can parallel it at all. Wonderful scenes under the sun in the beautiful sea are indeed touching; I can hardly think of anyone who does not long with full heart living through such situations of love, friendship and natural beauty. Life, of course, reserves this for a few ones. For those who did not know, this film has been (at long last) released in DVD in France in 2007 as a commemoration for its 40th anniversary. It is spoken and captioned in French only, but the quality out stands even that of the actual cinema several decades ago; it really surprised me. Even if you do not understand French, keep it at hand to lift your mood on a winter rainy day.
vik-8 In my view, one of the taglines of this movie is aspiration of human nature for 'exploring new horizons' - it doesn't matter where - in performing a stunt with the small plane, in building a novel racing car engine, in establishing a new art direction, in finding something on the bottom of the sea - that may not exist... You may recall how Laetitia looses interest in her dancing partner when he indicates that he doesn't know why all these things are needed.