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Feature films Film noir France Histoire 1940-1945 (Occupation allemande) France History 1940-1945, German occupation Drama Gangster films Guerrillas France Drama Longs métrages Italie War World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements Drama World War, 1939-1945 Underground movements France DramaSummary: Bob the gambler and his friends learn that the Deauville Casino expects to pull in 800 million francs. On the night of the heist Bob plays the casino tables until the appointed time. Before the dawn breaks, some of the men and women will win, some will lose, and some will die.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN BOBSummary: An idealistic, naive German officer is assigned to the home of a middle-aged man and his grown niece; their response to his presence, their only form of resistance is complete silence.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SILSummary: Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY FOREIGN SAMSummary: A hired killer in a state of virtual living death goes about his business in a muted Paris, a city of shadows, only to fatally admit emotion (the love of a woman) into his life. His actions are analogous to hara-kiri committed by the solitary samurai. Melville takes the mythology of the gangster and removes all overt social comment in favour of romantic stylisation. Melville commented that his...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Filmel 2005
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN SAMSummary: L'Armee des Ombres is a stark and unvarnished story about Resistance fighters in Vichy France in 1942-43 when the French leadership allowed the Nazis to occupy the country. The members of this army are cold, hungry, desperate men and women, with false names and no addresses, who can be betrayed in an instant by a traitor or an accident. They know they will probably die. A meditation on the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2007