LE SAMOURAÏ: 4K RESTORATION

May 4, 5 & 9, 2024
Le samouraï
In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.
Dir: Jean‑Pierre Melville / 1967 / French with English subtitles / 105 min

“The film is masterful in its control of acting and visual style.” – Roger Ebert

Restored in 4K by Pathé and the Criterion Collection at L’Immagine Ritrovata from the 35 mm original camera negative.

SCREENING: SAT 5/4 4PM; SUN 5/5 7PM; THU 5/9 4PM