105 mins |
Rated
PG (Violence)
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier
Playing as part of our Neo-Noir Film Festival March 30th - April 9th.
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville (ARMY OF SHADOWS), LE SAMOURAÏ is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
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Playing as part of our Neo-Noir Film Festival March 30th - April 9th.
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville (ARMY OF SHADOWS), LE SAMOURAÏ is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.