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Le Doulos (French pronunciation: [lə dulos]) is a 1962 French crime film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, adapted from the novel of the same name by Pierre Lesou.
A tale of paranoid masculinity. Based on the 1957 novel by Pierre V Lesou, Le Doulos has a murky narrative. The film revolves around the lives of several criminals and policemen, chiefly...
By the end of this brutal, twisting, 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 "informant") is one of the filmmaker’s most gripping crime dramas.
Mar 21, 2024 · They coined the genre after its peak and plucked the inspiration for its 60s New Wave works and today’s feature is from a f ...more. THE LEFT HAND ENDEAVOR aka “Film Noir Month” is rolling ...
Burglar Maurice Faugel has just finished his prison sentence. He murders Gilbert Vanovre, a receiver, and steals the loot from another robbery. As Maurice prepares for another burglary, his friend...
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An in-depth review of the film Le Doulos (1962), aka Doulos: The Finger Man, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, featuring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly.
The first 15 minutes of Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Doulos is one of the most perfect film noir openings: a lone man (Serge Reggiani) walks along a train track through a vague wasteland until he reaches a tiny house, enters, walks upstairs to an attic-like quarters where another man is appraising jewels, chats with the man before shooting him ...
