UW Cinematheque - Jean-Pierre Melville Crime Film Masterworks

Doulos is French gangster talk for a squealer and Belmondo plays Silien, a hood who just may be the stool pigeon responsible for a heist gone bad. Interrogated by the police and hunted by the underworld, Silien remains an enigma to the other characters and the audience until the film’s final moments. Filled with heart-stopping twists and thrills, this jazzy and enormously stylish French thriller has influenced numerous directors, including Quentin Tarantino and John Woo.