Grand écran : The Samouraï
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- Alliance Francaise de Shanghai > Hongkou Center Details
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This 1967 crime thriller features Alain Delon as a canny killer called the "samouraï ". On a mission to kill a nightclub owner, he is seen by witnesses. Now the "samouraï" needs to find the perfect alibi and dodge hidden threats left and right. Join French film gurus Liu Wei and Thierry Berthommier for a post-screening discussion. In French with Chinese subtitles. Free
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"The Samouraï", 1967, Jean-Pierre Melville, France, 105 min, in French with Chinese subtitles
Hitman Jef Costello (Alain Delon), a.k.a. the “Samouraï”, has to kill a night-club owner. Suspected by the police, he has a perfect alibi developed with his mistress. The police superintendent is helpless. But for the killer, there is more dangerous than a policeman : those who placed the contract.
The movie will be followed by a discussion led by Mr Liu Wei, producer and announcer for the radio and by Mr Thierry Berthommier, teacher at the Alliance Française de Shanghai.
Friday, November 20th at 6.30 pm Alliance Française de Shanghai, Hongkou Center, 297 Wusong Lu, 6th floor, salle polyvalente Free entrance
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5 months ago


