1972 · crime · noir · thriller
Un Flic
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville1h 40m1972
A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.
Our read: Un Flic (1972) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded crime · noir · thriller entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, kinetic, measured crime / noir, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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“You want icy Melville crime where loyalty corrodes under rain.”
Skip it tonight — Slow French noir or deliberate betrayal bores you tonight.
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