Mixing interviews, rare archival footage and film extracts, the film shows how Melville's works were impacted by what he experienced in his youth during WWII, and how it structured his whole approach to cinema, not only in its thematic but also in its aesthetics.
Credits
Code Name: Melville Cast
Name |
Character |
Alain Delon
He was 72, now 89 years old
|
as Himself |
Johnnie To
He was 52, now 69 years old
|
as Himself |
André S. Labarthe
He was 76, 86 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Bertrand Tavernier
He was 66, now 83 years old
|
as Himself |
Masahiro Kobayashi
He was 53, now 70 years old
|
as Himself |
Lino Ventura
He was 88, 68 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Volker Schlöndorff
He was 68, now 85 years old
|
as Himself |
Paul Meurisse
He was 95, 66 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Philippe Labro
He was 71, now 88 years old
|
as Himself |
François Chalais
He was 88, 76 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Jacques Chancel
He was 79, 86 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Jean-Pierre Melville
He was 90, 55 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Rémy Grumbach
He was 69, now 86 years old
|
as Himself |
Leo Fortel
|
as Himself |
Rui Nogueira
|
as Himself |
Laurent Grousset
|
as Himself |
Jean-Jacques Nataf
|
as Himself |
Michel Dreyfus-Schmidt
He was 75, 76 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Pierre Grasset
He was 86, 88 years old when he died
|
as Himself |
Code Name: Melville Crew