Film Synopsis
Bob le flambeur (1956) centers on a veteran gambler and ex-criminal living in Montmartre whose mounting debts and compulsive nightlife habits lead him to organize an ambitious heist targeting a Deauville casino. As police surveillance, criminal betrayal, and unreliable accomplices begin complicating the carefully timed operation while Bob’s own weakness for gambling threatens the plan from within, the line between professional precision and self-destruction steadily collapses. This French crime drama examines aging and fatalism within a changing postwar underworld, as rival pressures begin to close in, with gambling addiction, criminal loyalty, and existential drift.
Bob le flambeur 4K UHD, Blu-ray & DVD editions
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| Disc Extras | Kino BD-A 4K/US 2024 | Kino BD-A/US 2019 | Studio Canal BD-B/UK 2017 | Criterion DVD-0/US/OOP 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Nick Pinkerton | ||||
| In the Mood for Melville | ||||
| Journal d’un malfrat (Diary of a Villain) | ||||
| Interview with Actor Daniel Cauchy | ||||
| Audio Interview with Director/Co-Writer Jean-Pierre Melville - With Slideshow | ||||
| Theatrical Trailer | ||||
| “24 heures de la vie d’un clown” |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Kino’s Blu-ray includes trailers for: Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), Razzia sur la chnouf (1955), Le Doulos (1962) and Alphaville (1965).
- Studio Canal’s Blu-ray is included in the “Melville: The Essential Collection” box set with Léon Morin, prêtre (1961), Le doulos (1962), L’armée des ombres (1969), Le cercle rouge (1970) and Un flic (1972). The “In the Mood for Melville” extra is also available on Kino’s Blu-ray of Un flic (1972). The “24 heures de la vie d’un clown” short is also available on Criterion’s Blu-ray of Le Silence de la Mer (1949) and Kino’s Blu-ray of Léon Morin, Priest (1961).
- Criterion’s DVD includes a 22-page booklet with writing by Luc Sante.
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