From the first few minutes of Le Samouraï, Melville places us in an austere, dark, shadowy world filled with foreboding, suspense, and drama.
This crime film classic introduces us to killer-for-hire Jef Costello, played by Alain Delon, in a quiet yet evocative manner. Costello has been hired to kill a Paris club owner. He executes this methodically starting with his setting up two solid alibis, to his cold and detached manner in telling the man he’s there to kill him. What Costello did not expect, however, was the club’s Piano player, a very attractive Caty Rosier, to catch him minutes after the act.
