#rififi

[kilianromero]

Rififí (1955)

[gemsofgreece]

By the way since we were talking about TV shows the other day, the latest Greek TV show I recommend strongly is RIFIFI. I can't recommend enough that you find a way to watch this one, if you are interested in Greek shows.

It is available on the streaming platform COSMOTE TV and its apps, which work seamlessly in all EU countries. For other countries, VPN is necessary. It has a subscription of course but it also has one-month options. It has english subtitles available. The registration is a little tricky but you shouldn't have a problem. The menu of COSMOTE TV is available in english as well.

Then you could also try to find it in sites like greek-movies.com, sites that the Greek government has restricted in attempts to fight piracy, but they pop up randomly some days and some other days they are back down. I have not tried it but I have heard the problem can be overcome by using a VPN or Opera browser with its built-in VPN (if you are in Greece, that is, if you are abroad, the site might even appear normally to you IDK).

You can also try to find it in a torrent site if you're lucky.

In any case, it's an AMAZING drama / thriller and the wildest thing about it is that it is based on a true story that happened here in Greece, about what was known as "the biggest heist of the century" in the country.

Trailer on youtube

And if you are a Greek and haven't watched it yet, go watch it NOW. I think it's my favourite Greek dramatic series after ΤΟ ΝΗΣΙ (THE ISLAND).

[citizenscreen]

Jules Dassin’s RIFIFI (1955) is coming up on #TCM. It’s fantastic and it means trouble! Do not miss #NoirAlley today.

[rdubsmoviemusic]

My picks for the Best 5 Films of 1955. The forty-sixth of many randomly selected years to come. Previous year highlighted was 2017. This project is so much 🤩 fun! I plan on doing every year back to 1921.)

[filmnoirfoundation]

Check out the FNF TV listings to see all the noirs playing on TCM in July: https://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/news-tv.htm

[gregorygalloway]

Du rififi chez les hommes was released in France on 13 April 1955.

Auguste Le Breton adapted his 1953 novel for the screen and Jean-Pierre Melville was asked to direct, but deferred to Jules Dassin. Dassin had not directed a film in 5 years and had relocated to Europe after being blacklisted in Hollywood during the "Red Scare" (Dassin's involvement with supposed Communists had been discussed as early as 1947, but he was explicitly named by Edward Dmytryk and Frank Tuttle in 1951 in testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee).

Dassin rewrote Auguste Le Breton's screenplay (writing in English, and Rene Wheeler then translated it into French), removing material he found objectionable (including overt racist stereotypes and necrophilia) and expanding the heist scene (which is almost 25% of the film's screen time).

Working with a small budget, Dassin cast Jean Servais in the lead and himself as the safecracker César the Milanese. Dassin was paid a total of $8,000 for writing, directing, and acting in the film.

The film was a commercial and critical success, with critic (and not yet a filmmaker) Francois Truffaut writing, ""Out of the worst crime novel I ever read, Jules Dassin has made the best crime film I've ever seen."

Dassin received the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival and the film was offered distribution in the US on the condition that Dassin renounce his past associations with Communists. Dassin refused and the film was released in the US in June 1956 (effectively making Dassin the first to break the blacklist) as Rififi. . . Means Trouble! (the original French title is slang approximated as "a brutal show of force" or "tough guy act").

Rififi is now regarded as one of the greatest film noirs of all time, and the heist scene has been highly influential, often imitated, but never duplicated, and still remains one of the great scenes in crime movies.

[hiddenbyleaves]

Rififi (Jules Dassin, 1955)

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