RIFIFI (DU RIFIFI CHEZ LES HOMMES) Guest Artistic Director

The American noir crime thriller was widely appreciated in France, and one of the best translations cited is Jules Dassin’s beloved heist film RIFIFI. The action in RIFIFI is an unconventional arc — with a meticulous and silent 28-minute safe-cracking scene that is the center of the film, not its climax. While the action takes place in Paris and exhibits classic French finesse, a particularly American tenacity adds the bite necessary to make it a perfectly balanced film noir.