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- 102 Minutes
- Criterion Collection
- Language French with English subtitles
- Country France
- Rated: NOT RATED
- Format: Fullscreen, DVD is Criterion Collection
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- Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
- Written by Auguste le Breton, Jean-Pierre Melville
- Starring Daniel Cauchy, Isabelle Corey, Roger Duchesne
Synopsis:
Suffused with wry humor, Jean-Pierre Melville's BOB LE FLAMBEUR melds the toughness of American gangster films with Gallic sophistication to lay the roadmap for the French New Wave. As the neon is extinguished for another dawn, an aging gambler navigates the treacherous world of pimps, moneymen and naïve associates while plotting one last score -- the heist of the Deauville casino. This underworld comedy of manners possesses all the formal beauty, finesse and treacherous allure of green baize.
Review:
"BOB LE FLAMBEUR is a very funny, jaunty movie." -- Vincent Canby, THE NEW YORK TIMES
(Read more)- More on Bob le Flambeur:
- Criterion essay on the film
- Analysis of the film
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