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Le Doulos

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Le Doulos (1962)

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Average Rating:8.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 49 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: This complex thriller follows the fatalistic relationship between two men: Maurice, a crook just out of prison and Silien (Belmondo), who may or may not be a Doulos (a kind of high-class informer).... This complex thriller follows the fatalistic relationship between two men: Maurice, a crook just out of prison and Silien (Belmondo), who may or may not be a Doulos (a kind of high-class informer). Maurice, wasting no time, immediately begins to put himself on the wrong side of the law, setting up a number of robberies with the help of Silien, whom he begins to suspect is a police informer. A spellbinding New Wave noir from director Jean-Pierre Melville (LE SAMOURAI). [More]

Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Michel Piccoli, Jean Desailly

Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Michel Piccoli, Jean Desailly, Fabienne Dali, Rene Lefevre

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Producer: Carlo Ponti, Georges De Beauregard
Screenwriter: Jean-Pierre Melville
Composer: Paul Misraki

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Oct 7, 2008

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  • The backstabbing criminals in the shadowy underworld of Jean-Pierre Melville's Le doulos have only one guiding principle: "Lie or die." A stone-faced Jean-Paul Belmondo stars as enigmatic gangster Silien, who may or may not be responsible for squealing on Faugel (Serge Reggiani), just released from the slammer and already involved in what should have been a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisty, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust? Shot and edited with Melville's trademark cool and featuring masterfully stylized dialogue and performances, Le doulos (slang for an informant) is one of the filmmaker's most gripping crime dramas.
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