Santi, a mainstay of the criminal demimonde, finds himself facing unprecedented pressure to inform.
Le Cercle Rouge Poster. After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to . Le Cercle Rouge is a Franco-Italian crime film set mostly in Paris. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and stars Alain Delon, Andre Bourvil, Gian Maria .
Mattei must exert it because he too is at a crossroads: One could call the result a feast for the senses, except that would imply satiation, even gluttony, and one emerges from this film with senses primed. His instinctive understanding of theatrical psychology and real-life grace—and gracelessness—under pressure he was a veteran of the Resistance heightens every scene with a scabrous subtlety. His partnership with the actors borders on the miraculous. Viewers might predict a punchy confrontation, but by playing off a stock expectation, Melville gives himself and his actors the time and space to show their characters in the process of creating new selves and testing them.
In the heist scene, he progresses to action trigonometry as he keeps us focused almost simultaneously on Corey, Vogel, and Jansen.
The final effect of Le cercle rouge is to fling at the audience the same question the American Melville hurled in Moby-Dick: Michael Sragow, the author of Victor Fleming: While Melville did the script for all three of these films, the first two were sourced from acclaimed novels of the time.
All in all, not Melville's finest hour. So have to side here with Bluesdoctor, Bornjaded, Mike, and Steve and give this one a fail. Start your free trial. Find showtimes, watch trailers, browse photos, track your Watchlist and rate your favorite movies and TV shows on your phone or tablet! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Full Cast and Crew. After leaving prison, master thief Corey crosses paths with a notorious escapee and an alcoholic former policeman. The trio proceed to plot an elaborate heist. Wait, Is Mary Poppins a Witch?
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Mattei orders roadblocks to be set, and returns to face his superiors.
Vogel comes upon the roadside grill and hides in the boot of Corey's car. Realising someone is in the boot, with his guns, Corey drives into an open field and orders Vogel to get out. After a tense confrontation, the two decide to co-operate. Shortly after, with Vogel back in the boot, a car with two more of Rico's men forces Corey off the road.
They take his money and are about to kill him when Vogel, emerging from the boot, shoots both dead. Corey takes Vogel to his empty flat in Paris and starts to plan the robbery. For this he needs a marksman, to disable the security system by a single rifle shot, and a fence to buy the goods. At the same time, Mattei is planning how to locate the murderer of Rico's men and to recapture Vogel.
For the ninth straight year, we are inviting our users to pick the best No wonder the movie starts out with them captured or in jail-- I'm not surprised and they ended up dead-- duh, saw that coming! Log in with Facebook. By creating an account, you agree to the Privacy Policy and the Terms and Policies , and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango. Le Cercle Rouge does what no other movie has done in the beginning of
He puts pressure on Santi, a night club owner who knows most of the underworld, to find them.