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Tag Archives: Jean-Pierre Melville
The Finger Man AKA Le doulos (1962) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly
Fresh out of prison and hell-bent on revenge, the recently paroled burglar, Maurice Faugel Read More »
The Red Circle AKA Le cercle rouge (1970) Jean-Pierre Melville, Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volontè
On the eve of his release after five years imprisoned, the thief Corey is contacted by one guard Read More »
Bob the Gambler AKA Bob le flambeur (1956) Jean-Pierre Melville, Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy
Bob, an old gangster and gambler is almost broke, so he decides in spite of the warnings of a friend, a high official from the police, to rob a gambling casino in Deauville. Read More »
Second Breath (1966) Jean-Pierre Melville, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin
Gustave Minda, better known as Gu, a dangerous gangster, escapes from jail. Read More »
Magnet of Doom (1963) Jean-Pierre Melville, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier
When French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer Michel Maudet looses his last fight he decides to quit boxing. Read More »
Les Enfants Terribles (1950) Jean-Pierre Melville, Nicole Stéphane, Edouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima, Drama
In a snowball fight between schoolboys the handsome Dargelos hits the chest of Paul, who drops unconscious to the ground. Read More »
Quand tu liras cette lettre / When You Read This Letter (1953) Jean-Pierre Melville, Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson, Drama
Juliette Greco plays Therese, a nun-in-training who returns to “civilian” life to care for her young sister Denise (Irene Gatter). Read More »
Deux hommes dans Manhattan / Two Men in Manhattan (1959) Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes, Ginger Hall, Crime, Drama, Thriller
A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) and hard drinking photographer Delmas (Pierre Grasset) on an assignment to find him. Their only lead is a picture of three women.
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Army of Shadows / L’armée des ombres (1969) Jean-Pierre Melville, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Drama, War
France, 1942, during the occupation. Philippe Gerbier, a civil engineer, is one of the French Resistance’s chiefs. Given away by a traitor, he is interned in a camp. He manages to escape, and joins his network at Marseilles, where he makes the traitor be executed…
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Le silence de la mer (1949) Jean-Pierre Melville, Howard Vernon, Nicole Stéphane, Jean-Marie Robain, Drama, Romance, War
1941 in a small town in Nazi occupied France. Against the will of its elderly male and his adult niece residents, the Nazis commandeer a house for one of their officers, Lt. Werner von Ebrennac, to live in for as long as he is in the area on Nazi business. As a figurative and literal silent protest against the Nazis and the officer, the uncle and niece do whatever is required of them while the officer is in their house, however they do not acknowledge his presence, living largely in silence whenever he is around. The officer treats the housing situation with care, like he is a guest. Although not a nightly occurrence, the officer begins an evening routine with his reluctant hosts: in his civilian clothes, he knocks on the door of the room in which they have convened for the evening, walking in shortly thereafter knowing that no acknowledgment will be made for him to enter, he visits with them for no more than five minutes before he bids them a good evening as he exits.
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