Discover Jean-Pierre Melville’s cinematic masterpiece with this Le Samouraï Poster. Immerse yourself in the mysterious and captivating world of the film with this evocative graphic representation and let yourself be transported by the intense and captivating atmosphere of this classic of French cinema noir.
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Description of this Le Samourai Poster
Le Samouraï is a 1967 French-Italian neo-noir crime film[6] written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier. It depicts the intersecting paths of a professional hitman (Delon) who tries to find out who hired him for a job and then tried to have him killed, and the Parisian police commissioner (Périer) who tries to catch him.
The film was released on October 25, 1967, and has sold over 1.9 million tickets in France. It received positive reviews, particularly for Melville’s screenplay and atmospheric direction, as well as for Delon’s performance.
Jef Costello, a deadpan hitman, lives in a one-room Parisian apartment and keeps a small caged bird as a pet. His methodical modus operandi is to create iron-clad alibis, including those provided by his lover, Jane. After killing Martey, the owner of a nightclub, Jef is very clearly seen leaving the premises by Valérie, the club’s pianist, and seen by several other witnesses. The police bring in numerous suspects, including Jef, for a line-up, but the witnesses cannot agree on an identification.
Jef is released, but the commissioner has a hunch that he is the culprit and has him followed. He loses the tail and goes to collect his fee for the hit, but instead of paying him, the man he meets tries to kill him, shooting him in the arm, and Jef realizes that his unknown employers now consider him a liability because he is suspected of Martey’s murder. After treating his wound, Jef returns to the nightclub. While he is gone, two police officers break into his room, agitating the bird in its cage.
After the nightclub closes, Jef asks Valérie to take him home, arguing that she told the police he wasn’t the killer because her employer asked her to. He asks her to tell him who hired him, and she tells him to call her in two hours. Meanwhile, the police search Jane’s apartment, saying they’ll leave her alone if she withdraws her alibi for Jef, but she flatly rejects the offer.
Back at his apartment, Jef notices feathers scattered throughout his bird’s cage, as if it had become agitated while he was gone. Suspecting an intrusion, he finds the bug and deactivates it, then goes to a payphone to call Valerie, who doesn’t answer. Back home, he is ambushed by the man who shot him. At gunpoint, the man offers a fresh start and pays Jef for Martey’s contract, as well as another one to come. Jef overpowers the man and forces him to reveal the identity of his boss, Olivier Rey, before inquiring about the new contract.
Dozens of plainclothes police officers attempt to tail Jef in the metro, but he manages to lose them. He visits Jane and assures her that everything will be fine, then drives to Rey’s house, where Valérie lives, who is not home at the time. Jef kills Rey and returns to the nightclub, making no attempt to conceal his presence. He checks his hat, but leaves his check receipt on the counter, and puts on the white gloves he wears to carry out his hits, in full view of everyone, before approaching the stage where Valérie is performing. She calmly advises him to leave, but he pulls out a gun and points it at her. Strangely fearless, she asks him why he is doing this, and he replies that he was paid to do it. Suddenly, Jef is shot four times by police officers who were waiting for him. When the commissioner inspects Jef’s weapon, he notices that it contains no bullets.