RIFIFI

RIFIFI
FRANCE 1955
DIRECTOR: JULES DASSIN
Dassin directed and co-scripted one of the most gripping crime films in this bluntly realistic movie about the plotting and execution of an elaborate jewel theft. Jean Servais plays the leader of a gang making a raid in another gang’s territory. The transgression brings brutal results. Dassin keeps the audience on pins and needles during the heist and sets up the dramatic finale by carefully introducing the characters as real people. (122 mins.)