Bob le Flambeur (1956)
Genre: Crime / Drama
Duration: 98 minuten
Alternative title: Als Parijs Ontwaakt
Country:
France
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Melville
Stars: Roger Duchesne, Isabelle Corey and Daniel Cauchy
IMDb score:
7,5 (14.434)
Releasedate: 24 August 1956
Bob le Flambeur plot
An elderly ex-gangster earns a living as a gambler. He falls in love with a young girl and takes care of her. When he forfeits his money, he plans to break into the casino. While making the plans, he loses the girl to a younger accomplice. His cover on the night of the heist is as a player in the casino, but he is so engrossed in the game that the operation is jeopardized.
Actors and actresses
Robert 'Bob le Flambeur' Montagné
Anne
Paulo
Roger
Marc
Police Commissary Ledru
Jean, the Croupier
McKimmie, the Sponsor
Suzanne, Jean's Girlfriend
Yvonne
Reviews & comments
BBarbie
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- 12893 messages
- 7675 votes
Melville's first crime film reminded me of Dassin's Rififi and is at least as good to my eyes, especially thanks to the beautiful role of a stoic Roger Duchesne as gambler / masterbrain. Moreover, a physically imposing debut of the then only 16-year-old Isabelle Corey (Et Dieu... Créa la Femme, 1956), who mainly made a splash in Italy during her (much too) short film career.
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Filmkriebel
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- 10306 messages
- 4828 votes
Disappointing film by Melville (my sixth already). French film noir with a tired cliché story about a local gambler who gets it into his head to rob the casino of Deauville. All in all quite ordinary for a film by Melville... I was afraid that it would become a banal heist after that but the film gets its own twist that leaves the conventions behind... but to say that this was a remarkable film. No, not at all. The "atmosphere of the time" is really not that brilliant by the way... I think his 60s films are much better.
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Bobbejaantje
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- 2365 messages
- 2119 votes
A good noir/crime that takes place in the Montmartre area of Paris and is also a beautiful period piece. Roger Duchesne plays and is Bob Le Flambeur. In real life he was certainly not an uncontroversial figure. His role during the Second World War is approached very critically because he is said to have had ties with the Gestapo and according to the reading in the bonus documentary (with my Blu-ray) he is said to have personally tortured someone. He was also very familiar with gambling. Jean-Pierre Melville also chose him because he agreed to film in bits and pieces (for budgetary reasons). And then it is special that Melville himself - as a Jew - was a member of the resistance in France during the war.
Despite the low budget - Melville even took care of the set construction - it is a visually very attractive portrait of a Parisian neighborhood in the fifties. Direction and lighting are top notch despite the low budget. The story is a coming and going of characters with varying degrees of scruples. The ending of this heist film is quite surprising. Worth (re)watching.
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