LE SAMOURAÏ Watch Trailer

LE SAMOURAÏ

Special Features: 4K Restoration

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/SCR Jean-Pierre Melville; PROD Raymond Borderie, Eugène Lépicier. France, 1967, color, 105 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

In Memoriam: Alain Delon (1935–2024)

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

Run Time: 105 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, February 14, 2025

Genre: Crime drama

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AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
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