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As far as swan songs go, Jean-Pierre Melville's Un Flic is a fascinatingly garbled tune that teems with formal inconsistencies and yet still manages to carry a pained melody.
Un Flic(Un flic)
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France, Italy · 1972
1h 39m
Director Jean-Pierre Melville
Starring Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Simone Valère
Genre Action, Crime, Thriller
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Police commissaire Edouard Coleman is in the midst of an affair with a woman named Cathy, when he befriends her boyfriend, a nightclub owner named Simon. Edouard learns that Simon is the leader of a group of thieves responsible for a recent bank robbery, and has to use his new acquaintances to try and snuff out their next planned heist.
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The New York Times by Janet Maslin
The forcefulness and mystery of Mr. Melville's direction often generate an urgency that keeps the film from feeling vague. [30 Nov. 1979]
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Delon and Crenna paint an idealized portrait of masculine camaraderie, one that’s exposed at the end of Melville’s bracing last testament as a soul-shattering illusion.
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Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan
Though not among Melville's classics, Un Flic is a pleasure to experience.
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Haunted by death-obsessed men of action, Un Flic (A Cop) is a fitting final act for noir master Jean-Pierre Melville
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