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“Melville was not just a father figure to the French New Wave. He was ascetic warrior priest.”
– J. Hoberman
A one-week, 13-film festival of classics by the great French director and Film Noir master Jean-Pierre Melville. Films include LE CERCLE ROUGE, UN FLIC, LE DOULOS, LE SAMOURAÏ, LE DEUXIÈME SOUFFLE, BOB LE FLAMBEUR, and MAGNET OF DOOM, with stars such as Alain Delon, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Lino Ventura, Catherine Deneuve, and Emmanuelle Riva.
The Harvard Film Archive will host a retrospective of Melville's work, Melville et Cie, in fall 2024.