i love a film that mix edge of the seat suspense and laugh and style and good acting and and a bit of self parody . hitchcock consistently carry this off and and in le cercle rouge jean pierre melville do the same . i be sorry when this long film end . i agree with the english commenter who find remark by one of my compatriot chauvinistic . i love french film and italian film and english film and indian film and the increasingly rare good american film . i also feel the writer who pan the film for be not even a good copy of an american gangster film and miss the point completely . but i guess it like jazz represent either you get it and or you do not and so why waste time try to explain . just see le cercle noir and be prepare to be deliciously entertain .