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Le Cercle Rouge (1970)

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Reviews Counted:56

Fresh:54

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.3/10

Consensus: Melville is at the top of his game, giving us his next-to-last entry into the world of deception, crime, and extreme suspense that made him a maestro of the French heist genre.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 2 hrs 20 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Jan 10, 2003 Limited

Synopsis: Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Recently released from prison, thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds himself caught up in a dangerous triangle... Jean-Pierre Melville's hugely influential film remains a cornerstone of the crime genre. Recently released from prison, thief Corey (Alain Delon) finds himself caught up in a dangerous triangle with a mysterious woman (Gian Maria Volonte) and an ex-cop with some issues of his own (Yves Montand). Melville's film is the epitome of cool, with moody cinematography and stellar set design. Featuring another standout performance from Delon, LE CERCLE ROUGE is a bona fide crime classic. [More]

Starring: Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand

Starring: Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Screenwriter: Jean-Pierre Melville
Studio: Rialto Pictures

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Reviews for Le Cercle Rouge

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Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/18/08
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Urban Cinefile

Luscious modern French noir.

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05/09/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

A glistening gem among caper movies.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
03/03/08
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

A seminal heist movie.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
03/03/08
Channel 4 Film

Jean-Pierre Melville is one of the most remarkable figures in world cinema, though he remains little known.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
08/01/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

You have to admire Jean-Pierre Melville's ambition to make a sophisticated "b-movie" that is moody, intelligent and consistently engaging.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
05/09/07
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

No review available.

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02/25/07
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

A classic cornerstone of the heist genre from a master of the nouvelle vague.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
David Parkinson
David Parkinson
Empire Magazine

Melville's special achievement was to relocate the American gangster film in France, and to incorporate his own steely poetic and philosophical obsessions.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

The epitome of neo-noir stylishness.

Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | comment Comment
10/31/05
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Lessons of Darkness

No review available.

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10/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Top-notch film noir with a bleak existential edge, executed with as much clinical precision as the crime it portrays.

Full Review Source: Movie Gazette | comment Comment
04/30/04
Anton Bitel
Anton Bitel
Movie Gazette

It's a languorous and uncompromising work that will drive some to distraction, but also a movie of dark, still beauty that will have others weeping tears of pure, noir joy.

Full Review Source: Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL) | comment Comment
03/19/04
Lance Goldenberg
Lance Goldenberg
Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL)

Apesar de jamais permitir que seus personagens falem muita coisa, Melville leva o espectador a conhecê-los através de suas ações, interações e olhares.

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01/19/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

An exercise in ultimate-cool where men follow a code of honor to wherever it might lead them.

Full Review Source: Reno Gazette-Journal | comment Comment
01/05/04
Mark Robison
Mark Robison
Reno Gazette-Journal

Melville remained, in all his work and particularly his policiers, a classicist of calamity, a master of transforming the chaos of criminality into a form as refined as a sonnet or a minuet.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
12/05/03
David Sanjek
David Sanjek
PopMatters

Melville’s film is a criminal masterpiece.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
11/16/03
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk
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Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
10/11/03
Sydney Morning Herald

A fitting capstone to the French director who melded icy hipster cool with a Parisian underground of cops, robbers, and the unbreakable, unknowable bond between the two.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/01/03
Austin Chronicle

One well-choreographed, beautifully shot and definitely cool cops-and-robbers film.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
09/05/03
Marta Barber
Marta Barber
Miami Herald
 
 
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