Paranoid noir classic from 1963, based on the novel by Pierre Lesou and adapted to screen by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre...
Paranoid noir classic from 1963, based on the novel by Pierre Lesou and adapted to screen by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville.
"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 Maurice (Serge Reggiani), an ex-con just released from prison and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?" (Alliance Française French Film Festival)
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"Terrific performances, and equally terrific camerawork from Nicolas Hayer - more gris than noir - conjure a rivetingly treacherous, twilit world."
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Time Out
Time Out"Does it matter that what we’re seeing is not necessarily what we’re getting? Not at all. The movie is entirely about how it looks and feels."
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Roger Ebert
Roger EbertLe Doulos | Details
- Runtime
- 109
- Genre
- Thriller
- Country of origin
- France
