"Army of Shadows" Trailer (17) Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 French
Resistance masterpiece is "The best film
of 2006!" (Premiere, New York Times, L.A.
Weekly, Sight and Sound, Film Comment).
Jean-Pierre Melville's masterpiece about
the French Resistance against the Nazi
occupation went unreleased in the United
States for thirty-seven years, before its
triumphant theatrical debut in 2006.
Atmospheric and gripping, Army of Shadows
is Melville's most personal film,
featuring Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse,
Jean-Pierre Cassel, and the incomparable
Simone Signoret as intrepid underground
fighters who must grapple with their own
brand of honor in their battle against
Hitler's regime.
