The Red Circle / Le Cercle rouge
Synopsis
Corey is a cool, aristocratic thief, released from prison on the same day that Vogel, a murderer, escapes from the custody of the patient Mattei, a cat-loving police superintendent. Corey robs Rico, his mob boss, then enlists Vogel and an ex-police sharpshooter, Jansen, in a jewel heist. While Corey is harried by the vengeful Rico, Mattei pressures Santi, a nightclub owner and pimp, to help him trap the thieves. Over all hangs the judgment of the police directeur, that every man is guilty.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (25)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Corona
- Foreign production companies : Selenia Cinematografica, Euro International Film (EIA)
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : Les Films Corona
Full credits (15)
- Screenwriter : Jean-Pierre Melville
- Director of Photography : Henri Decaë
- Music Composer : Éric Demarsan
- Assistant directors : Bernard Stora, Pierre Tati
- Editor : Marie-Sophie Dubus
- Sound recordists : Jacques Carrère, Guy Chichignoud
- Producers : Jacques Dorfmann, Robert Dorfmann
- Sound Assistant : Victor Revelli
- Assistant Operators : Jean-Paul Cornu, François Lauliac
- Camera Operator : Charles-Henri Montel
- Production Manager : Pierre Quefféléan
- Assistant editors : Christine Grenet, Elisabeth Sarradin
- Continuity supervisor : Jacqueline Parey
- Production Designer : Théobald Meurisse
- Sound Mixer : Jean Nény
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller, Film noir
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France (80.0%), Italy (20.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1970
- French release : 20/10/1970
- Runtime : 2 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 36714
- Visa issue date : 09/10/1970
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
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Reception
Vincent Canby, in a 1993 review of a 99-minute version dubbed into English, said the film "may baffle anyone coming upon him for the first time"; according to Canby:
Though severely cut, The Red Circle doesn't exactly sweep along. It has a deliberate pace as Melville sets up the story of three chance acquaintances who plan and carry out the sacking of an elegant, supposedly impregnable jewelry store...Understatement is the method of the film, from Melville's pared-down screenplay to the performances by the three trenchcoated principals, even to the muted photography by Henri Decae, which is in color but has the chilly effect of black and white.
Peter Bradshaw, in a 2003 review of a 102-minute reissue, called the film a "treat" and noted "Melville blends the Chandleresque world of his own devising with gritty French reality. With its taut silent robbery sequence, his movie gestures backwards to Rififi, and with Montand's specially modified bullets it anticipates Frederick Forsyth's Day of the Jackal and the contemporary techno-thriller."
Hong Kong director John Woo wrote an essay for the Criterion DVD of Le Cercle rouge arguing the film's merits. When the film was given a theatrical re-release, Woo was given a "presenter" credit.
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