# Der Chef (1972)

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**Original title**: *Un flic*
**Runtime**: 100 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Jean-Pierre Melville
**Written by**: Jean-Pierre Melville
**Starring**: Alain Delon, Richard Crenna, Catherine Deneuve, Riccardo Cucciolla, Michael Conrad, Paul Crauchet

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Midnight boulevards slick with rain and the hum of a neon cross. A police chief’s leather gloves caress a stranger’s wife while her boyfriend counts stolen plates behind closed shutters. One gun, two hearts, three futures in collision.

Jean-Pierre Melville lets the silences between gunshots do the talking.

**Mood tags**: dread, neon-soaked, raw

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