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An all-time masterpiece of French cinema, Jean Gabin stars in his career-defining role as the suave gangster, dodging police and safe if he remains hidden in the labyrinthine Casbah of Algiers.

“Julien Duvivier is a favorite of mine, and this is one of his best. If Benicio del Toro had refused the role of Zsa-zsa Korda in our movie, only Jean Gabin could have replaced him—posthumously. The mood, the grand defiance of the character, the magical fantasy of the Casbah: it’s a classic.” – Wes Anderson

David Golder’s refusal to help an old friend leads to the man’s suicide. His vast fortune brings him no happiness, yet he retains an abiding love for his daughter, a happy-go-lucky flapper who’s always in need of more cash. He senses his end is near…

“A tycoon light years above but still only one step away from the Odessa ghetto of his youth. Adapted from Irène Némirovsky’s brief, cruel, expert novel. Harry Baur elevates the role to a level beyond greatness.” – Wes Anderson

Director Jacques Becker’s triumph is an early take on rewriting genre archetypes. Actors Jean Gabin and Lino Ventura star as middle-aged thieves in this thrilling, yet somber tale.

“The milieu, the argot: there is something elegiac in these weary, noble criminals. The intricate plot runs like clockwork.” – Wes Anderson

Conceived by Luis Buñuel with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, The Milky Way is a rambling journey of two pilgrims traveling from France to Spain, along the path to Camino de Santiago, the holy resting place of St. James. 

“Mike Nichols said he thought of Buñuel everyday. So do I! His stream-of-consciousness seems to be an endless source of mesmerizing and comical poetry. He had anarchy deep in his personality. The Buñuel tone is somehow always exquisite and perfectly right. Catholicism is woven into the threads of every tapestry.” – Wes Anderson

In their fourth collaboration, Director Jules Dassin and actress Melina Mercouri, the icon of Greek cinema, reimagine Euripides’ Hippolytus in the high society world of an early 1960s shipping magnate.

“A strange and dark story of romantic doom set in the Onassis/Niarchos over-world.” – Wes Anderson