Released in the U.S. four decades after it was made, Claude Sautet's elegant and sophisticated crime drama stars the great Michel Piccoli as Max, a Paris detective hellbent on justice after one too many wily criminals slip through his fingers. Following a chance encounter with Abel (Bernard Fresson), an Army buddy now dealing in stolen goods, Max decides to lure him and his gang into committing a bank robbery so he can catch them red-handed. The bait is high-class prostitute Lily (Romy Schneider), who happens to be Abel's girlfriend. But there's one thing cold-hearted Max doesn't factor into his scheme: the possibility of falling in love. A taut thriller with the heart of a great melodrama, Max et les Ferrailleurs finally receives its Miami Premiere.