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(1963)
Le doulos
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Based on a novel from the famous 'serie noire' crime series, Le Doulos inaugurates the great run of gangster films that were to make Melville the master of the genre. Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo as the duplicitous Silien, underworld criminal and police informer, and Serge Reggiani as the dogged villain Faugel, Melville creates a twilit world of ambiguity and betrayal, in which 'all characters are two-faced, all characters are false'. This was also the film he called 'my first real policier', and already the characteristic elements of the French 'noir' are in place: the bleak, downbeat atmosphere, laconic dialogue, perennial themes of male friendship, loyalty and betrayal and always a sense of impending tragedy. Le Doulos pays tribute to the American gangster films of the 1940's whilst retaining a uniquely French perspective. Where the Hollywood 'noir' strives for clarity and simplification, Melville's films and Le Doulos in particular, retain their ambiguity, leading to a major 'coup de theatre' at the film's finale.
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Rated: 3.5 stars out of 5 from 26 ratings
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BFI Classification:
Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
| Release Date: | 26/04/2004 |
| Production Year: | 1963 |
| Run Time: | 106 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.66:1 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | B & W |
Special Features:
- Audio commentary over selected scenes and filmed introduction by French cinema expert Ginette Vincendeau
- A video interview with assistant director Volker Schlondorff
- The original trailer and director's biography
