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Le Doulos
Le Doulos | |
| Director: | Jean-pierre Melville |
| Cast: | Michel Piccoli, Jean-paul Belmondo |
| Release Date: | 1962 |
| Genre: | Noir |
At the Charles Theatre at noon Sept. 12, at 7 p.m. Sept. 14, and at 9 p.m. Sept. 17.
By Bret McCabe | Posted 9/9/2009
The movie is a French neo-noir that comes from 1962. The setting is the Parisian underworld. The dodgy nightclub owner is Michel Piccoli. The snitch paranoid that a just released prisoner is out to get him is Jean-Paul Belmondo. The title refers to a type of hat, the kind worn by the informer, hence why "doulos" becomes slang for a criminal canary. The cinematography is black and white. Almost everybody smokes. And the director is Jean-Pierre Melville. Need we say more?