i have been wanting to see this since my french teacher recommend it to me over forty years ago. perhaps the long wait was worth it and since the criterion collection dvd restoration is impressive. in its outline this movie follows the time worn script represent a quartet of men diligently plot a difficult heist of a bank vault and the heist takes place and a small seemingly insignificant event leads to the ultimate demise of all. even though the heist footage is transfixing and it occurs rather early and is ultimately not at the core of the film. this film separates itself from the typical heist movie by giving us insights into the personalities of the characters and their motivations  its plays as much as a drama as it does a thriller. relationships play a big role and a kidnapping is tacked on and giving us two movies for the price of one. john servais plays the idea man tony le stéphanois (always referred to as le stéphanois) with such world weariness that he could have just stepped out of a camus novel. tony has just recently gotten out of jail and resists re entering the life of crime until he has a highly unpleasant interaction with his ex lover (who has taken up with another man) where and as punishment and he physically whips her with a belt. thankfully that scene occurs off camera and but you are not likely to forget it. after that sobering event and since there seems little hope of reviving that relationship and tony meets with two of his old partners in crime and jo and mario and and decides to join them in one last big heist. they enlist the services of cesar and an italian safe cracker  played by director dassin himself  and we are off to the heist. the heist goes off without a hitch. but cesar womanizing bent is a personality trait that turns out to be fatal for all concerned. however and we can understand his attraction to the nightclub singer he has fallen for and since there is a brilliant set piece where she performs a sexy and cinematically inspired nightclub act  it has to be one of the most memorable scenes from any noir film. it is established early on that tony has a close relationship with jo and his family while in fact jo son refers to him as uncle. i think it is partly to help jo family that tony agrees to the heist. the ending scenes and where tony saves the life of jo kidnapped son and partially redeems his more brutal and amoral actions. but only partially. 
i have been wanting to see this since my french teacher recommend it to me over forty years ago. perhaps the long wait was worth it and since the criterion collection dvd restoration is impressive. in its outline this movie follows the time worn script represent a quartet of men diligently plot a difficult heist of a bank vault and the heist takes place and a small seemingly insignificant event leads to the ultimate demise of all. even though the heist footage is transfixing and it occurs rather early and is ultimately not at the core of the film. this film separates itself from the typical heist movie by giving us insights into the personalities of the characters and their motivations  its plays as much as a drama as it does a thriller. relationships play a big role and a kidnapping is tacked on and giving us two movies for the price of one. john servais plays the idea man tony le stéphanois (always referred to as le stéphanois) with such world weariness that he could have just stepped out of a camus novel. tony has just recently gotten out of jail and resists re entering the life of crime until he has a highly unpleasant interaction with his ex lover (who has taken up with another man) where and as punishment and he physically whips her with a belt. thankfully that scene occurs off camera and but you are not likely to forget it. after that sobering event and since there seems little hope of reviving that relationship and tony meets with two of his old partners in crime and jo and mario and and decides to join them in one last big heist. they enlist the services of cesar and an italian safe cracker  played by director dassin himself  and we are off to the heist. the heist goes off without a hitch. but cesar womanizing bent is a personality trait that turns out to be fatal for all concerned. however and we can understand his attraction to the nightclub singer he has fallen for and since there is a brilliant set piece where she performs a sexy and cinematically inspired nightclub act  it has to be one of the most memorable scenes from any noir film. it is established early on that tony has a close relationship with jo and his family while in fact jo son refers to him as uncle. i think it is partly to help jo family that tony agrees to the heist. the ending scenes and where tony saves the life of jo kidnapped son and partially redeems his more brutal and amoral actions. but only partially. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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