Cool and elegant blend of American gangster film and French sophisticated comedy of manners

immaculately paced and has a wonderful look throughout.

Jean-Paul Belmondo and Monique Hennessy in Le Doulos (1962)

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Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret, and Lino Ventura in Army of Shadows (1969)

Jean-Paul Belmondo in Magnet of Doom (1963)

Jean Cocteau in The Terrible Children (1950)

Alain Delon and Nathalie Delon in Le Samouraï (1967)

Organisation Générale Cinématographique

I was born here. It was not so dirty then. And I left to conquer the world. I was fourteen when I left my mother.

I returned ten years later, early one morning. I saw an old woman on her knees, scrubbing away, as she always had. That's how I recognized her. I left without a word. Then I sent her a postal order each month. One month it was sent back. She had stopped scrubbing.

Roger Duchesne and André Garet in Bob le Flambeur (1956)

Claude Cerval, Roger Duchesne, and André Garet in Bob le Flambeur (1956)

Gérard Buhr and Isabelle Corey in Bob le Flambeur (1956)

Daniel Cauchy, Isabelle Corey, and Roger Duchesne in Bob le Flambeur (1956)

Roger Duchesne

Isabelle Corey

Daniel Cauchy

Jean-Pierre Melville

Auguste Le Breton

After losing big, an aging gambler decides to assemble a team to rob a casino.

Bob le flambeur

Pure cinematic pleasure

It just doesn&apos;t get much better than this. Visually, this is one of the most stunning and sumptuous feasts your eyes will ever experience. From the early-morning streets of Paris to apartments, nightclubs and bars, Melville captures a moment for all eternity. It doesn&apos;t hurt either that the acting is great and the leading lady is beautiful. Simply stated, this is one of the most enjoyable movie experiences one can have. 

If I wanted to get all analytical, I might write about the way Melville has taken the conventions of the American gangster movie and humanized them by populating his movie with sympathetic, emotionally-rich characters. But what really matters, in the end, is that this movie is enormously fun and should not be missed.

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It just doesn't get much better than this. Visually, this is one of the most stunning and sumptuous feasts your eyes will ever experience. From the early-morning streets of Paris to apartments, nightclubs and bars, Melville captures a moment for all eternity. It doesn't hurt either that the acting is great and the leading lady is beautiful. Simply stated, this is one of the most enjoyable movie experiences one can have. 

If I wanted to get all analytical, I might write about the way Melville has taken the conventions of the American gangster movie and humanized them by populating his movie with sympathetic, emotionally-rich characters. But what really matters, in the end, is that this movie is enormously fun and should not be missed.

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