{"id":21991,"date":"2025-05-10T15:13:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=21991"},"modified":"2025-05-10T15:14:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T15:14:50","slug":"the-red-circle-le-cercle-rouge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-red-circle-le-cercle-rouge\/","title":{"rendered":"THE RED CIRCLE (LE CERCLE ROUGE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-wp-editing=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21992\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/theredcircle-250x334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/theredcircle-250x334.jpg 250w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/theredcircle-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/theredcircle.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>THE RED CIRCLE (LE CERCLE ROUGE)<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">| 1970 (re-released in 2002) \u2013 145\u2032 \u2013 DRAMA, CRIME, CLASSIC.<br \/>\nWritten by: Jean-Pierre Melville.<br \/>\nDirected by:\u00a0Jean-Pierre\u00a0Melville.<br \/>\nStarring:\u00a0Alain Delon, Yves Montand,\u00a0Bourvil,\u00a0Gian Maria Volont\u00e8, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot, Pierre Collet,\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Ekyan,\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois P\u00e9rier.<br \/>\nOfficial Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2002 (Cannes Classic).<br \/>\nOfficial Selection <strong>COLCOA 2017<\/strong> (Digitally Restored Version, Melville 100th anniversary).<br \/>\nIn French with English subtitles.<br \/>\nA The Criterion Collection release. |<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">From Jean-Pierre Melville, the filmmaker who transformed the crime thriller into high art.\u00a0With a formidable cast including Alain Delon, Yves Montand, and Bourvil, the boilerplate plot involves a suave criminal mastermind, a vicious escaped convict, a washed-out ex-cop with a knack for hitting bulls-eyes before he started hitting the bottle, and a relentlessly nasty, cat-loving detective methodically hunting them down before they can knock off a prominent jewelry store on Place Vendome. Ostensibly a heist movie, what elevates it is the Melvillian flourishes \u2013 finely-honed visuals, poignant fatalism, and an explicit code of honor and loyalty. In Melville\u2019s universe, a Gauloise cigarette is as essential as a gun, and which side of the law you\u2019re on is less important than whether or not you betray trust. Another signature touch, balletic precision, is on glorious display in the film\u2019s 20-minute show-stopping robbery sequence.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/athome.fandango.com\/content\/browse\/details\/Le-Cercle-Rouge\/35837?cmp=rt_where_to_watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WATCH NOW<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE RED CIRCLE (LE CERCLE ROUGE) | 1970 (re-released in 2002) \u2013 145\u2032 \u2013 DRAMA, CRIME, CLASSIC. Written by: Jean-Pierre Melville. Directed by:\u00a0Jean-Pierre\u00a0Melville. Starring:\u00a0Alain Delon, Yves Montand,\u00a0Bourvil,\u00a0Gian Maria Volont\u00e8, Paul Crauchet, Paul Amiot, Pierre Collet,\u00a0Andr\u00e9 Ekyan,\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois P\u00e9rier. Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2002 (Cannes Classic). Official Selection COLCOA 2017 (Digitally Restored Version, Melville 100th [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,24,33,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tafff","category-classic","category-crime","category-drama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21991"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21994,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21991\/revisions\/21994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}