Rififi
<b>Book tickets for two or more of our Noirvember films to receive a discount! Tickets can also be bought separately.</b> RIFIFI (ri-f’ -fi) n. French argot. 1. Quarrel, rumble, free-for-all, open hostilities between individuals or gangs, rough and tumble confrontation between two or more individuals. 2. A tense and chaotic situation involving violent confrontations between parties. A seminal work of crime filmmaking that lead the young critic François Truffaut to declare it “the best Film Noir I have ever seen”, Jules Dassin’s <i>Rififi [Du rififi chez les hommes]</i> has influenced films as diverse as <i>Reservoir Dogs</i> and <i>Ocean’s Eleven</i> since its release. Following Tony, le Stéphanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster. With little reason to keep living he plans a final job. Tony sets about finding his crew and meticulously planning the job; a robbery of the jewellery store Mappin & Webb. <i>Rififi</i> revolves around the central heist, famed for its finite detail and incredible tension, but the drama does not end at the heist like so many other crime films. Dassin’s film is a humanist tale that hinges on the loyalty among thieves and draws on the fatalistic, doom laden lives common to crooks and thieves in pulp literature. An instant commercial success in Paris and worldwide, the film was also very well received by the critics with Jules Dassin being awarded the best director prize at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.CrimePT1H58M12A2025-11-09Jean Servais
Carl Möhner
Robert Manuel
Jules Dassin
René Bezard
Pierre Cabaud
Henri Bérard
Rififi"Rififi"Showtimes
November 9, 3:50 pm
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