, 2h3 Directed byJoseph Losey OriginFrance GenresDrama, War, Thriller, Historical, Crime ThemesFilms about religion, L'usurpation d'identité, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Escroquerie, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, La condition juive en France sous l'Occupation allemande ActorsAlain Delon, Michael Lonsdale, Jeanne Moreau, Juliet Berto, Francine Bergé, Jean Bouise Roles Costume Design Rating74% Paris, January 1942. France is occupied by the Nazis. Robert Klein, apparently apolitical, is a well-to-do art dealer, Roman Catholic and Alsatian by birth, who takes advantage of French Jews who need to sell artworks to raise cash to leave the country. One day, the local Jewish newspaper, addressed to him, is delivered to his home. He learns that another Robert Klein who has been living in Paris, a Jew sought by the police, has had his mail forwarded to him in an apparent attempt to destroy his social reputation and make him a target of official anti-Semitism. He reports this to the police who remain suspicious that he may be reporting this scheme to disguise his own true identity. His own investigations lead him in contradictory directions, to Klein who lives in a slum while having an affair with his concierge and to Klein who visits a palatial country estate where he has seduced an apparently Jewish married woman. When the art dealer cannot locate the other Klein, authorities require him to offer proof of his French heritage. While waiting for the documentation to arrive, he struggles to track down his namesake and learn his motivation. Before he can resolve the situation by either means, he is caught up in the July 1942 roundup of Parisian Jews. He is reunited with Jews who once were his clients as they board boxcars for Germany.
, 1h38 Directed byJean-Pierre Melville OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Crime ThemesHeist films ActorsAlain Delon, Catherine Deneuve, Richard Crenna, Simone Valère, Riccardo Cucciolla, Paul Crauchet Roles Costume Design Rating69% Four men rob a bank in Saint-Jean-de-Monts. A detective (Delon) tries to catch the team responsible for the lethal bank robbery, foil a drug smuggling operation and hold on to his girlfriend (Deneuve), whom he shares with a nightclub owner (Crenna), his friend and a prime suspect in the robbery. The notoriety and shared knowledge between the players intensifies into the film, similar to a Le Carre adaptation with the protagonists confronting each other at the climax of the story. The short stories and anecdotes that lead viewers to the conclusion, become a melange of real time actions scenes and non verbal interactions that hint at spy mystery, while remaining open to the viewer's interpretation. In one scene, all three protagonists can be seen at a bar, sharing a drink and glancing at each other as strangers, each one coy to reveal his or her real identity. Hence Melville's license to play with characters and plots to leave space for the film genre to shine through.
, 2h20 Directed byJean-Pierre Melville OriginFrance GenresDrama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime ThemesFilms about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, La provence, Films about drugs, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie ActorsAlain Delon, André Bourvil, Jean Champion, Gian Maria Volonté, Yves Montand, François Périer Roles Costumer Rating78% Après cinq ans d'emprisonnement dans un établissement pénitentiaire de Marseille, Corey (Alain Delon) est sur le point d'être libéré. La veille de sa sortie, le gardien-chef de la prison lui propose une affaire. Sitôt libre, Corey rend visite à son ancien comparse, un nommé Rico, caïd enrichi, devenu amant de sa petite amie. Corey contraint le malfrat à lui remettre une somme d'argent liquide importante. Amer, ce dernier dépêche deux sbires aux trousses de Corey. Dans une salle de billard, Corey saisit une queue et, à l'aide d'une craie rouge, trace avec son procédé (l'embout de la queue qui sert à frapper les boules) un cercle qu'il remplit ensuite, avant de disperser les boules. Les hommes de Rico le rejoignent et l'entretien se termine dans le sang. Mais Corey en repart indemne. Il achète une voiture d'occasion remarquée dans la vitrine d'un revendeur automobile et entreprend de regagner son domicile du 16e arrondissement de Paris.
, 1h34 OriginFrance GenresDrama ActorsJacqueline Bisset, Gisèle Pascal, Jean-François Vlérick, Pierre Zimmer, Marc Porel, Chantal Goya Roles Costume Design Rating59% Ayant survécu à un terrible accident de la route qui a coûté la vie à ses parents, François, 11 ans, recueilli par son oncle et sa tante dans leur maison de campagne, s'enferme confusément dans un univers de solitude et de rêveries plutôt morbides. Mais l'arrivée d'une belle jeune anglaise, Wendy Sinclair, accessoirement amante du maître de maison, change brusquement la donne : s'instaure entre l'enfant et la jeune femme une complicité inattendue qui arrachera peu à peu ce premier à son isolement et cette dernière à l'emprise d'hommes qui la convoitent.