Film Forum

“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.

Presented with support from the George Fasel Memorial Fund for Classic French Cinema

Reviews

“Chilled romanticism… one of the most influential styles in the modern cinema.” 
– Richard Brody, The New Yorker

Films in this Series