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Jean-Pierre Melville's existentialized gangster films are one of the glories of the French cinema, American forms played out with European self-consciousness. This 1962 effort stars Jean-Paul Belmondo as an informer on the lam, but plot pales before Melville's detailed noir imagery of dingy hotel rooms, back alleys, and subterranean passages. Melville's love for American films (he was a man of taste as well as talent) was one of the most profound influences on the New Wave generation. In French with subtitles. 108 min.

Discounted admission with ticket purchase to Leon Morin, Priest (see separate listing). Sun 10/25, 5:15 PM, and Wed 10/28, 6 PM,

Sorry there are no showtimes for Le Doulos on Saturday, November 21.

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