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Bob Le Flambeur (1956)
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The Story
Melville’s highly influential, playful gangster film lovingly sketches Montmartre as both a realistic geography and a cartoon milieu of two-bit criminal Paris. An homage to the mood and atmosphere of the American gangster film, its low-budget joie de vivre and existential world-weariness paved the way for the nouvelle vague. Evocatively shot and featuring a magnificently cool and knowing performance by Roger Duchesne as the compulsive gambler Bob.
Synopsis by Adrian Danks.
Rating
PG
Language
English, French (english subtitles)
Cast
Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy, André Garet
Director
Jean-Pierre Melville
