Le Cercle rouge (1970)

Directed by

Jean-Pierre Melville

Genre

drama film, heist film, crime film, neo-noir

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 732 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A recently released prisoner and an escaped criminal team up with an ex-police sharpshooter to plan a jewel heist. The film follows their careful preparations and the long silent robbery itself.

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What happens

Le Cercle Rouge (French pronunciation: [lə sɛʁkl ʁuʒ]; "The Red Circle") is a 1970 French crime film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. It stars Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, François Périer and Yves Montand. The film is known for its climactic heist sequence which is about half an hour in length and has almost no dialogue. The film's title refers to an epigraph which Melville made up, just as he did in Le Samouraï. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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