French cinema since 1946, volume 2 -- excerpt

Document author(s):

Roy Armes

Document language:

English

Document type:

book excerpt

Number of pages:

8

Source pagination:

31-41, 211-212

Document name subject:

Jean-Pierre Melville

Document contains:

cost info and production co

Related films:

• Le silence de la mer (The silence of the sea) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1947
• Les enfants terribles (The strange ones) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1949
• Quand tu liras cette lettre (When you read this letter) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1953
• Bob le flambeur (Bob the gambler) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1956
• Deux hommes dans Manhattan (Two men in Manhattan) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1958
• Le doulos (The finger man) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France; Italy — 1962
• L'Ainé des ferchaux (The magnet of doom) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France; Italy — 1963
• Le deuxième souffle (Second breath) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1965
• Le samouraï (The godson) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France; Italy — 1967

Film country(ies):

France and Italy

Film language(s):

English and French

Film production company:

Belfort-Alter Films, Compagnie Industrielle Commerciale Cinématographique, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, Films Montaigne, Films de la Saga, Les, La Cyme, O.D.C., Play Art, Rome Paris Films, and Studios Jenner

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Caper, Crime, Drama, Film noir, Gangster, Journalism, Newsreel, and Police

Film subject(s):

• Adolescence -- France -- Drama
• Adolescent psychology -- France -- Drama
• Assassins -- France -- Drama
• Brothers and sisters -- France -- Drama
• Casinos -- France -- Drama
• Criminal investigation -- France -- Drama
• French -- United States -- Drama
• Gamblers -- France -- Drama
• Gangsters -- France -- Drama
• Homosexuality -- France -- Drama
• Incest -- France -- Drama
• Journalistic ethics -- Drama
• Journalists -- Drama
• Larceny -- France -- Drama
• Murder -- Investigation -- France -- Drama
• Teenagers -- France -- Drama

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