Bob le Flambeur
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A silver-haired, chivalrous ex-con and compulsive high-stakes gambler on a bitter losing streak in Montmartre plans a daring 800-million-franc heist of the Deauville casino vaults on the night of the Grand Prix, with fate playing an ironic final card. Jean-Pierre Melville's effortlessly cool, jazzy love letter to nocturnal Paris that served as the stylistic cradle of the French New Wave.
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Jean-Pierre Melville
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