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The Gunslingers

a montalban heritage
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Les Tontons Flingueurs is the cult French film of the 1960s. It marked an entire era and is passed on from generation to generation thanks to its regular reruns.
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    The story of the film

    If the film was not shot in the city of Ingres, a sentence has remained in the memories “We should never leave Montauban”. This sentence launched by Lino Ventura has become cult but for the anecdote the director Georges Lautner wished to put forward a provincial city, in three syllables and his choice fell on our city of the south-west.

    We should never leave Montauban

    Tracks in the city

    From this fabulous heritage, Montauban has taken advantage with several places and specialties in town that pay tribute to the Tontons.

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    The traffic circle of the Tontons Flingueurs

    At the intersection of Rue de la Mandoune and Grand Rue Villenouvelle, caricatured sculptures of the Tontons Flingueurs call out. One of them has moreover disappeared in 2018, following an act of vandalism. Despite a ransom launched by the city council the Tonton is still running…

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    ©Photographe|DOMINIQUE VIET
    The Bonbons Flingueurs

    A specialty of the Alexandres chocolate factory, delicious roasted hazelnuts with a crunchy coating of acacia gum and milk chocolate.

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    ©© Radio France Kevin Boderau
    The Archeodeco figurines

    Bring back a souvenir of the Tontons Flingueurs of Montauban with the figurine of the Tontons Flingueurs. There are 5 different models.

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