International Cinema @ SUU screening

(1967) – France – crime / drama / thriller 

Language: French (101 minutes)

Synopsis: Le Samouraï is a classic of cool elegance, a gangster movie with 1960s France as the backdrop. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon as a professional hitman and the samurai of the title, the film also features François de Roubaix’s soundtrack of jazzy melancholic notes that helps to establish the film’s moody suspense. Filmmakers as diverse as John Woo, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino cite Jean-Pierre Melville as profoundly influencing their filmmaking, and many call Le Samouraï Melville’s masterpiece.