Le Doulos

Le Doulos French pronunciationl dulos is a 1962 French crime film directed by JeanPierre Melville. It was released theatrically as The Finger Man in the Englishspeaking world, but all video and DVD releases have used the French title. Intertitles at the beginning of the film explain that its title refers both to a kind of hat and to the slang term for a police informer.

The narrative unfolds through two characters, Maurice and Silien, and consistently switches back and forth between them, leading the audience to grasp randomly for a distinct main character or hero despite the fact that both are criminal antiheroes. Through Maurice and Siliens actions, the film explores just how deeply qualities such as friendship and loyalty run.Le Doulos begins by introducing us to Maurice, an excon, just released from prison after serving a sixyear sentence. He then murders his friend Gilbert, stealing the jewels he had been hiding, that were proceeds from a recent heist. Shortly afterwards, Maurice plans a heist of a rich mans estate and shares his plan with Silien, who is rumored to be a police informant. Silien is later picked up and questioned by the police. The film unfolds from there, incorporating a number of plot twists revealed through Melvilles traditionally styled hardboiled dialogue and picturesque visuals. ........

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