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Rififi (1955)

Original title: Du rififi chez les hommes

dir: Jules Dassin

Tony "le Stéphanois" has done five years for a jewel heist, and is now out on the street and down on his luck. His friend Jo approaches Tony about another jewel heist in which they and Mario would stealthily cut the glass on a Parisian jeweler's front window and grab some gems. Tony opts not to participate. Tony learns that his old girlfriend, Mado, has now aligned herself with Pierre Grutter. Finding Mado at Grutter's nightclub, he invites her back to his rundown flat. Mado has been well-kept, and Tony savagely beats her for being so deeply involved with Grutter. Tony changes his mind about the heist; he now accepts on the condition that they hit the jeweler's safe, not the window. Mario, an Italian, suggests they employ the services of his compatriot César, a safe cracker. The four team up and plan a way to work around the ingenious alarm system guarding the jewelry shop.

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thaklos thaklos wrote about Rififi

Servais' Stephanois is the heart of this film. His gritty charisma guides a group of thieves through a taut heist that is depicted in an engaging thirty minutes of silence. However, one small mistake cascades into a waterfall of human frailty, which ultimately undoes the entire gang. The mood of the film is entrancing, and the soundtrack fits the setting like a glove. The denouement is a bit weaker than the heist itself, as the mistakes they make seem a little too contrived.

9 stars

magb magb wrote about Rififi

The big heist sequence is expertly done, and the scene at the end is great too. The rest of the film, however, is mostly standard noir fare. It's good, but it pales when viewed next to the two aforementioned set pieces, and I thought it was actually a little boring at times. That heist sequence, though... hoo boy. I could watch that shit all day.

8 stars

FitFortDanga FitFortDanga wrote about Rififi

The first act kind of drags, but the second act features a spectacular 33-minute dialogue-free heist sequence. The third act again drags a bit at first, but works up to a tense and thrilling end.

8 stars

Stain Stain wrote about Rififi

This may very well be the best heist picture I have ever witnessed. I am taken aback by just how suspenseful and how exciting this movie gets, even though the characterizations often seem shallow, and even though I'd like to see every career criminal taken out and shot

10 stars