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Le Doulos

Label
Le Doulos
Language
fre
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Le Doulos
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally produced by Kino Lorber in 1962
Runtime
108
Summary
Just out of prison, Maurice (Serge Reggiani) murders a man and steals the loot of a break-inches Preparing another heist, he asks his friend Silien (Jean-Paul Belmondo) for help. But Silien is an informer and warns the police; Maurice is wounded. Furious, he seeks revenge. Nominated for Best Film at the **Mar del Plata Film Festival.** *"As good as Melville's setups are, the joys of the movie keep returning to Belmondo, then and now the king of effortless cool." - John Monaghan, **Detroit Free Press*** *"Even back in 1962, Melville made the usual suspects feel new by wrapping them in gorgeous desolation." - Owen Gleiberman, **Entertainment Weekly***
Technique
live action