The road to Melville

Document author(s):

Elliott Stein

Document source:

Village Voice

Publication date:

1996 Nov 05

Document language:

English

Document type:

article

Number of pages:

1

Document name subject:

Jean-Pierre Melville

Document contains:

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
• Bob le flambeur (Bob the gambler) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1956
• Léon Morin, prêtre (Leon Morin, priest) — Melville, Jean-Pierre — France — 1961

Film country(ies):

France

Film language(s):

French

Film production company:

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, and Gangster

Film subject(s):

• Adolescence -- France -- Drama
• Adolescent psychology -- France -- Drama
• Brothers and sisters -- France -- Drama
• Casinos -- France -- Drama
• Catholic converts -- France -- Drama
• France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Drama
• Gamblers -- France -- Drama
• Gangsters -- France -- Drama
• Homosexuality -- France -- Drama
• Incest -- France -- Drama
• Larceny -- France -- Drama
• Love -- Drama
• Priests, Catholic -- France -- Drama
• Teenagers -- France -- Drama

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