Le Doulos
May 06 - May 07, 2008
(Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 1963, 35mm, 108 min)
Jean-Paul Belmondo, still somewhat BREATHLESS, plays Silien, a petty thief who may or may not be a doulos (stool pigeon). Indeed, Belmondo didn't know whether or not he was playing an informer until he saw the final cut of the film. The impossibly cool LE DOULOS, all turned up trench coats and brotherly betrayal, is a pure expression of Melville's style and ethos. It is also his richest tribute to American cinema.
"The second Jean-Paul Belmondo's Easter Island mug fills the screen; there's no doubt who owns LE DOULOS." -TIME OUT NEW YORK