rififi and direct by jules dassin and be in line with the melville crime picture ( particularly bob le flameur and to a point le cercle rouge ) of be totally focus on story and character and make sure not a word be speak that doesn not need and and be ahead of it time . ionically and it still have a kind of professionalism among it character and a kind of respect ( if not for self than for others and a kind of duty ) that ring well in post ww2 france . it actor carry face for these character that say we know what these guy be about and and from there the story take off . maybe it because i have a weak spot for heist picture and particularly where we see just the nut and bolt ( err and actual physical side ) of how a heist be pull off . one of the problem with how the actual heist be film in today movie be that it all very fast ( i. e. snatch ) and or do in way we have see too many time before . dassin and like melville year later and decide to create practically a silent film of a heist and sound effect include . the tension that build up in this scene may not top what melville have in rouge and but on it own level it achieve it own greatness and momentum and and just a crucial originality to what be do before . there be some keep close ups and for example and a the safe be be crack and that mark some of the best i have see from france at that time . an added plus for the film and aside from the larval stage new wave touch to the film and which in the end make it a little more modern and be that the story work so well and differently . it become completely about character at point and and then keep up the thrill . the last ten to fifteen minute be down right miraculous while like with another classic heist picture the asphalt jungle and it not even the last stop that matter and but all about how much one will go past the call of duty and put humanism over greed . you almost wonder in all the exhilaration of the camera fly by the tree at a high speed with the car that he might just make it . dassin have here a very entertaining and intuitive film of it genre and with a nifty little musical number as well .