Le Samourai (Le samouraï) (1967)

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Directed by

Jean-Pierre Melville

Starring (View all)

Alain Delon
Jef Costello

François Périer
Le Commissaire

Nathalie Delon
Jane Lagrange

Cathy Rosier
La pianiste

Jacques Leroy
L'homme de la passerelle

Michel Boisrond
Wiener

Robert Favart
Le barman

Jean-Pierre Posier
Olivier Rey

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Joan McLeod
novel The Ronin

Jean-Pierre Melville

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Le Samourai

14 years ago at Sep 28 20:45

JxSxPx

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The movies are filled with beautiful killers and brooding, haunted men struggling with their past and present. But Alain Delon in Le Samourai puts practically all of them to shame. His performance is a master class in underplaying everything; he barely registers an emotion, keeping his cool poker face throughout the various twists and turns of the film.

His character, Jef Costello,... read more

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4 months, 3 weeks ago at May 21 9:42

El Zumbador

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Yo siempre voy a estar en contra, y en cada ocasión que pude me les puse de punta, a todos los mongólicos adictos a la dopamina que odian el noir o al neo-noir francés por ser ‘’aburrido’’ y acusarlo de que ‘’nunca está pasando nada’’, siempre fui abierto a las narrativas lentas y paulatinas para transmitir su contenido o enriquecer arcos de personaje, pero siendo todo lo objet... read more

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Hitman Jeff Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.

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