frfilmtv1-7, Exercise 2: Melville

Model answer:

Melville made small, tightly controlled thrillers in which men in trench coats and hats follow private codes of honour, with little dialogue and an almost ceremonial air.

Two films: Le Doulos (1962, Jean-Paul Belmondo); Le Samouraï (1967, Alain Delon). Also Bob le flambeur (1956) and Le Cercle rouge (1970).

Le Cercle rouge is notable because Bourvil, known as a gentle comic star (Chapter 6), played a rare serious role in it.