french les french crime film adaptation novel directed american filmmaker film stars aging gangster tony band commit impossible theft exclusive jewelry shop centerpiece film intricate half hour scene depicting crime detail shot near silence dialogue music fictional criminals actual crimes world hollywood found work france asked direct despite parts original novel agreed direct film shot working low budget star cast production staff working low wages initial release film received positive reactions audiences critics france united_states united_kingdom film earned award best director cannes film festival nominated released theatrically highly acclaimed modern film critics greatest works french film noir plot tony served year prison term jewel street luck friend approaches smash grab proposed mutual friend mario cut glass window broad daylight gems tony declines learns old girlfriend took absence gangster nightclub owner finding working tony invites flat obviously kept tony beats deeply involved tony changes mind accepts condition rob safe instead window mario suggests employ services italian ingenious plan break store sophisticated alarm system begins group cement ceiling upstairs flat sunday night break completed criminals appear escape leaving trace identities knowledge diamond ring lover club men arrange fence london contact seen injuries breaks relationship infuriated tony interference life gives heroin drug addicted brother tells murder tony sees diamond gave realizes mario tony responsible jewel theft forces confess million police reward decides steal tony gang brother brutally murdering mario wife refuse reveal hidden tony couple apartment anonymously pays splendid funeral goes looking captive confesses having citing rules tony kills seeking force adversaries hand kidnap year old son hold ransom london fence arrives tony leaves single rescue child force advising way alive help tracks country house kills brothers louis rescuing way paris tony learns cracked pressure agreed meet house money arrives tells tony child kills seconds late save friend tony mortally wounded killing tries flee bleeding tony drives paris delivers home safely dying wheel police close filled million cash cast tony gangster recently returned serving years prison jewel theft eldest member tony godfather namesake son young swedish gangster tony took year rap invites tony happy lucky italian gangster came original idea jewel expert hired tony weakness women played role pseudonym night club singer gets involved sings film title song mario wife leader gang owner night club figure tony responsibility diamond member gang addicted heroin member gang lover tony young son end film kidnapped gang rescued tony wife mother production development film originally directed later film genre gave blessing american director asked permission helm film years american activities fellow director named communist april subsequently attempted rebuild career europe film projects stopped long distance efforts government attempted film public halted stars withdrew american pressure attempt film adaptation don rome halted embassy received offer agent paris france met producer acquired rights popular crime novel les chose major success france previous film naked city native english wrote screenplay days help screenwriter subsequently took material translated french hated novel repelled story racist theme rival dark arabs north pitted light skinned europeans book portrayed events scenes know bring big screen rival gang producer suggested making americans assuming approve idea didn want accused taking oblique revenge screen rival ethnicity screenplay simply surname greatest change book scene spanned pages page novel focused screenplay past events know produced scene takes quarter film running time shot natural sound spoken words music filming working budget afford stars film carry lead role selected actor career alcoholism italian gangster cast seeing perform comic role member suggestion wife film producer cast use film die played role italian explained interview cast good actor italy escapes got contract filmed paris real locations studio sets low budget locations scouted fee writing directing acting production designer referred greatest men history cinema friendship film little money argued producer points refused shoot film sunlight claiming wanted grey fist fights film fight scenes important popular success france caution film series scene based actual took place gang broke floor offices travel agency cutting hole floor umbrella catch debris order contents shop scene tony chooses kill betrayal thieves code silence filmed allusion felt finding contemporaries willing names house american activities committee act original novel music title hired composer film originally agree scoring half hour scene told want music claimed protect going write music scene need protected filming finished showed film music afterward agreed scene admitted somewhat regretted theme song utilized explain film title mentioned film characters title word war french military slang english closest attempts rough pitched battle mistakenly thought author created word refer war song written days lyricist composer turned proposal cast sings film theme song later act italian director appearing films release debuted france april film banned countries scene referred los_angeles_times reviewer master class breaking entering filmmaking mexican interior ministry banned film series mimicking scene banned finland late 1950s answer critics saw film educational process taught people commit claimed film showed difficult actually carry crime popular success france led films based stories films include les tokyo united_kingdom release paired british science fiction film double bill went successful double bill release cinemas film offered distribution united_states condition renounce past declaring subversive associations removed film writer director refused film released set dummy corporation distributing company film distributed successfully america listed credits way break hollywood released united_states subtitles later english dub title means trouble film caused controversy release film endured brief cuts opened title card quoting book stating wicked multiplied crime shall multiplied shall downfall change film passed rating variety announced acquired remake rights producers intending place film modern setting taking lead role home media north_america released vhs dvd vhs print reviewed negatively critics roger_ebert referred authors dvd referred vhs version horrible subtitles criterion collection released dvd version film april united_kingdom released dvd april region blu ray publisher film released region criterion january critical reception original release film critic future director praised film stating worst crime novels read best crime film seen intelligent screenplay dialogue sets music choice actors perfect french critic said brought genre sincerity humanity break conventions crime film manage touch hearts february issue french film magazine film listed number thirteen films film received british critics noted film violence initial release daily_mirror referred film brilliant brutal daily herald note american attempts screen brutality look like tea party cathedral city american release film received acclaim new_york_times referred film crime film came france including best nominated film best foreign film released limited run america july new print containing new explicit subtitles enhanced collaboration film received american critics release film ranking website rotten_tomatoes reported critics given film positive reviews based sample metacritic assigns normalized rating reviews mainstream critics film received average score based reviews los_angeles_times wrote film succeeding films measured film influence hard proves time easier break safe mysteries human heart online database gave film highest possible rating stars calling pinnacle movies best french movies genre critic roger_ebert added film list great movies stating echoes found killing reservoir dogs owe asphalt jungle general idea attention detail negative reviews film chicago reader felt film turns sour half thieves fall placed number empire list best films world cinema critic director regarded film negatively comparison french crime films era noting today hold paved way let bob paved way
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