Cest magnifique! NOIR CITY: CHICAGO tours France today, starting at 2pm at the Music Box Theatre. Full festival line up here: tinyurl/ksg7nok Sunday, August 31 2:00pm PÉPÉ LE MOKO France, 1937. 94 min. Scr. Henri La Barthe & Julien Duvivier, from La Barthes novel. Dir. Julien Duvivier Parisian crook Pépé Le Moko (the legendary Jean Gabin) thrives within Algiers Casbah, where the locals protect him from the police. But a canny cop uses romance as the bait when Pépé falls for a beautiful tourist. Exhibit A in the argument that the French were the first to do Noir. 4:30pm QUAI DES ORFÈVRES (Jenny Lamour) France, 1947. 106 min. Scr. John Ferry & H.G. Clouzot, from Stanislas-André Steemans novel. Dir. H.G. Clouzot Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair), a flighty and ambitious showgirl, is the prime suspect in the death of an elderly showbiz patron. But beleaguered inspector Antoine (Louis Jouvet) overlooks no possible suspect in the bustling theatre. An exceptional policier, rich with colorful characters. 7:00pm DU RIFIFI CHEZ LES HOMMES (Rififi) France, 1955. 122 min. Scr. René Wheeler & Auguste Le Breton, from Bretons novel. Dir. Jules Dassin This French equivalent of The Asphalt Jungle focuses on four professional crooks determined to execute the perfect heist. Transplanted American director Dassin executes the most suspenseful robbery sequence of all-time in this legendary crime classic. Jean Servais leads the gang. 9:30pm DEUX HOMMES DANS MANHATTAN (Two Men in Manhattan) France, 1959. 84 min. Scr. and Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville When a French delegate to the United Nations vanishes into thin air, two French journalists comb nocturnal Manhattan in search of answers. Melvilles obsession with the look and sound of American culture is given free rein in this jazzily directed homage to film noir and New York.
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