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Director: | Melville, Jean-Pierre, Belmondo, Jean-Paul, Dali, Fabienne, Desailly, Jean, Piccoli, Michel, Reggiani, Serge |
Studio: | Compagnia Cinematografica Champion |
Writer: | Pierre Lesou, Jean-Pierre Melville |
Rating: | 7.9 (3,534 votes) |
Date Added: | 2012-06-05 |
ASIN: | 715515032827 |
Genre: | French films |
IMDb: | 0054821 |
Duration: | 1:49:00 |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.66 : 1 |
Sound: | Mono |
Languages: | French |
Subtitles: | English |
LAC code: | 300009026 |
DVD or VHS: | DVD |
Original: | original |
Melville, Jean-Pierre, Belmondo, Jean-Paul, Dali, Fabienne, Desailly, Jean, Piccoli, Michel, Reggiani, Serge | ... | (Director) |
Pierre Lesou, Jean-Pierre Melville | ... | (Writer) |
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Jean-Paul Belmondo | ... | Silien | Serge Reggiani | ... | Maurice Faugel | Jean Desailly | ... | Commissaire Clain | René Lefèvre | ... | Gilbert Varnove | Marcel Cuvelier | ... | Un inspecteur | Philippe March | ... | Jean | Fabienne Dali | ... | Fabienne | Monique Hennessy | ... | Thérèse | Carl Studer | ... | Kern | Christian Lude | ... | Le docteur | Jacques De Leon | ... | Armand | Jacques Léonard | ... | Un inspecteur | Paulette Breil | ... | Anita | Philippe Nahon | ... | Remy | Charles Bayard | ... | Le vieil homme |
Summary: The backstabbing criminals in the shadowy underworld of Jean-Pierre Melville's Le doulos have only one guiding principle: Lie or die. A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisty, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust? Shot and edited with Melville's trademark cool and featuring masterfully stylized dialogue and performances, Le doulos (slang for an informant) is one of the filmmaker's most gripping crime dramas.SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES: New, restored high-definition digital transfer Selected-scene audio commentary by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris Video interviews with directors Volker Schlöndorff and Bertrand Tavernier, who served as assistant director and publicity agent, respectively, on the film Archival interviews with Melville and actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Serge Reggiani Original theatrical trailer New and improved subtitle translation PLUS: A new essay by film critic Glenn Kenny
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