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Jean-Pierre Melville
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Jean-Pierre Melville

French film director (1917-1973)
October 20, 1917 (August 2, 1973)

Dirty Money

V.O.: Un Flic
Fr. 1972. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve. A police commissioner discovers that an old friend is the leader of a gang he is chasing following a robbery.
Runtime: 100 min.
Fr. 1970. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Bourvil, Alain Delon, Yves Montand. A police officer sets a trap for three criminals who have just succeeded in a jewel heist.
Runtime: 140 min.

Army of Shadows

V.O.: L'Armée des ombres
Fr. 1969. War drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret. The exploits of a leader of the French Resistance.
Runtime: 137 min.

The Godson

V.O.: Le Samouraï
Fr. 1967. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon. A lone shooter is wanted by both police and criminals.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1966. Crime drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin. A prison escapee tries to prove that he is not a ""donor.""
Runtime: 150 min.
Fr. 1963. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier. A strange friendship develops between a villainous banker and his secretary.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1962. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani, Jean Desailly. A police informant tries to help a friend involved in a crime.
Runtime: 110 min.

Léon Morin, Priest

V.O.: Léon Morin, prêtre
Fr. 1961. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Emmanuelle Riva, Irène Tunc. A young atheist woman falls in love with the priest who slowly brings her back to Christianity.
Runtime: 130 min.

Breathless

V.O.: À bout de souffle
Fr. 1960. Mores drama by Jean-Luc Godard with Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Van Doude. A deserter wanted by the police is denounced by his mistress.
Runtime: 90 min.
Fr. 1959. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Jean-Pierre Melville, Pierre Grasset, Christiane Eudes. In New York, a journalist and a photographer investigate the disappearance of a French delegate to the UN.
Runtime: 84 min.

Girl in His Pocket

V.O.: Amour de poche
Fr. 1957. Fantasy comedy by Pierre Kast with Jean Marais, Geneviève Page, Agnès Laurent. A biologist develops a chemical substance that petrifies living things and reduces their volume.
Runtime: 82 min.
Fr. 1956. Thriller by Jean-Pierre Melville with Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey, Daniel Cauchy. A former gangster, ruined by gambling, sets up a robbery in a casino.
Runtime: 102 min.
Fr. 1953. Drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Philippe Lemaire, Juliette Gréco, Yvonne Sanson. An ex-novice tries to convince an unscrupulous man to marry her sister whom he seduced.
Runtime: 104 min.

The Strange Ones

V.O.: Les Enfants terribles
Fr. 1950. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Nicole Stephane, Édouard Dermithe, Renée Cosima. Throughout her life, a girl feels an exclusive passion for her brother that pushes her to meddle in his love affairs.
Runtime: 105 min.
Fr. 1948. Psychological drama by Jean-Pierre Melville with Howard Vernon, Nicole Stephane, Jean-Marie Robain. Staying in a French home during the war, a German officer is confronted with the silence of his hosts.
Runtime: 86 min.

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