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LE SAMOURAI

LE SAMOURAI
A 4K restoration of Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 crime classic. A tribute to Alain Delon (1935-2024).

In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police detective and the mob, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean-Pierre Melville, this film is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture - with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Format: Digital