Le Cercle Rouge(1970) Apr 2026

The film opens with a made-up Buddhist quote fabricated by director Jean-Pierre Melville himself: "Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: 'If it be that men are destined to meet, whatever befalls them, whatever the paths they tread, they will inevitably meet in the red circle.'"

: A quiet, relentless detective on the hunt for Vogel. Le Cercle Rouge(1970)

: A master thief with a legendary poker face, newly released from prison. The film opens with a made-up Buddhist quote