Farewell, Friend

Two men who once wore the same military colors drift apart after leaving the Foreign Legion, a hardened mercenary and a physician whose dry wit masks a guarded conscience. When fate brings them back into contact, a lucrative opportunity pulls them toward a perilous plan to crack a safe holding millions. The heist is less about gadgets and more about nerve and timing, a test of how far each man will go when trust frays and loyalties fracture. Over a long holiday weekend they pursue the combination with cold precision, only to find that danger comes not just from the safe but from the fragile bond between them. The tension never relents even as hours pass without a clear lead.

Directed by Jean Herman and based on a story by Sébastien Japrisot, Farewell, Friend arrived in 1968 as a taut European crime thriller. It anchors its suspense in a cast led by Alain Delon and Charles Bronson, with a screenplay.

Box office data for Farewell, Friend is not widely documented; the film did not become a major blockbuster. It circulated primarily through arthouse and international genre circuits, appealing to fans of Delon and Bronson, and to collectors of 1960s thrillers.

Its pairing of Alain Delon and Charles Bronson in a European crime caper helps mark a crossroads of continental cinema in the late 1960s. Its style mirrors the era's fascination with morally gray anti heroes. That cross border collaboration paid off in a tense mood and careful plotting on screen.

Reception framed the film as a lean tension focused caper that probes loyalty and self interest under pressure. Themes center on trust when loyalties are tested and the price of greed in a high stakes scenario. People remember the quiet tension and the way dialogue carries the weight of choice.