| Le Cercle Rouge | |
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| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Written by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Produced by | Robert Dorfmann |
| Starring | Alain Delon Bourvil Yves Montand Gian Maria Volonté |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Marie-Sophie Dubus |
| Music by | Éric Demarsan |
| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | 4,525,820 admissions (France)[1][2] |
Le Cercle Rouge (French pronunciation: [lə sɛʁkl ʁuʒ], "The Red Circle") is a 1970 crime film set mostly in Paris. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and stars Alain Delon, Bourvil, Gian Maria Volonté, François Périer and Yves Montand. It is known for its climactic heist sequence which is about half an hour in length and has almost no dialogue.
The film's title means "The Red Circle" and refers to the film's epigraph which translates as
Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever the diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle."
Melville made up the quote,[3] just as he did with the epigraph in Le Samouraï.
- ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
- ^ "Le Cercile Rouge". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
- ^ Johnston, Ian (February 2004). "The Cercle Rouge". The Film Journal. Retrieved 2009-06-18.