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San Sebastián Sets José Giovanni Retrospective Honoring French Crime Cinema Pioneer

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The San Sebastián Film Festival is dedicating a twenty-film retrospective to José Giovanni, a French director, screenwriter, and novelist who shaped postwar French crime cinema. According to Variety, the program runs during the festival's seventy-fourth edition and spans films from 1960 to 2001, presenting almost all of his work.

Source: https://variety.com/2026/film/global/san-sebastian-jose-g...

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