JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE

The "poet of the underworld" Jean-Pierre Melville enlists in his penultimate film Alain Delon, Yves Montand and Gian Maria Volontè for another masterful policier, a model of unique narrative and aesthetic accuracy, culminating in the unrepeatable scene of the robbery. — A skilled and wanted burglar returns to action shortly after his release from prison and plans the perfect robbery of a jewelry store in Paris, along with a fugitive and an alcoholic ex-cop.

Jean-Pierre Melville's archetypal gangster noir that influenced more than any other the subsequent generations of filmmakers, from Nouvelle Vague to Michael Mann and Quentin Tarantino. — A veteran gangster and avid gambler, on the verge of bankruptcy, decides to form a gang and rob a large casino. Will everything go according to plan or is it all doomed from the start?

Underrated in its day and nowhere to be seen for years, the great Jean-Pierre Melville's most personal film about the French Resistance, in which he also participated, is now recognized as the masterpiece of his filmography. — France, 1942. A civil engineer, member of the Resistance against the Nazis who have taken over the country, is arrested and sent to a concentration camp. When he manages to escape, he will look for the informant who turned him in to take revenge, while continuing his resistance action.

A fan of American film noir, but also of French policiers, Jean-Pierre Melville wrote his own history with gangster films immersed in the shadows of the underworld. "Le Doulos", in which Jean-Paul Belmondo gives one of his first great performances, is one of them. — Maurice is released from prison and prepares a new hit, a bank robbery along with his accomplice Remy. At the same time, he asks for Silien’s help. Silien is nicknamed "Le Doulos" as everyone is afraid of him because they think he is a police informer. Who will betray whom in the end? — Grand Jury Prize | Faro Island Film Festival | 1962