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''Rififi'' (French: Du Rififi Chez les Hommes, meaning "Trouble Among the Men") is a 1955 [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} French]] [[TheCaper Caper]] crime drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Creator/AugusteLeBreton's novel of the same name, directed by American filmmaker Creator/JulesDassin.
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''Rififi'' (French: Du Rififi Chez les Hommes, meaning "Trouble Among the Men") is a 1955 [[UsefulNotes/{{France}} French]] [[TheCaper Caper]] crime drama [[TheFilmOfTheBook adaptation]] of Creator/AugusteLeBreton's Auguste Le Breton's novel of the same name, directed by American filmmaker Creator/JulesDassin.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: One of the baddies lives long enough to tell Grutter that Tony came around to seize the kid. Then he dies.
* AntiHero: Tony, the protagonist and "good guy", who beats his ex-girlfriend with a belt and kills three people.
* AntiHero: Tony, the protagonist and "good guy", who beats his ex-girlfriend with a belt and kills three people.
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* AlmostDeadGuy: One of the baddies lives long enough to tell Grutter that Tony came around to seize the kid. Then kid, then he dies.
* AntiHero: Tony, the protagonist and "good guy",who beats his ex-girlfriend with a belt and kills three people.
* AntiHero: Tony, the protagonist and "good guy",
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The baddies are downright evil but the protagonists are criminals none the less.
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* BlackAndGrayMorality: The baddies are downright evil evil, but the protagonists are criminals none the less.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In French crime films of the 1950s, it is common for the protagonist to have spent four or five years in jail. There is a critical consensus that this is a reference to the German occupation of France in World War Two.
* DownerEnding: Almost the entire cast ends up dead. And nobody gets the money, either.
* DownerEnding: Almost the entire cast ends up dead. And nobody gets the money, either.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In French crime films of the 1950s, TheFifties, it is common for the protagonist to have spent four or five years in jail. prison. There is a critical consensus that this is a reference to the German occupation of France in World War Two.
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* DownerEnding: Almost the entire cast ends updead. And dead, and nobody gets the money, either.money either.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tony may be a career criminal, but he WouldntHurtAChild. He goes out of his way to be nice to his godson Tonio, and is willing (albeit slightly reluctant) to risk the loot he's stolen to save him.
** EveryoneHasStandards: Mado, when Tony asks her for information on Grutter's whereabouts after the heist, has no problems saying he and his friends can die for all she cares, even when Tony tells her about Mario and Ida's deaths. She decides to help him anyway upon learning Grutter kidnapped and plans to kill Tonio, a young boy; but makes it clear she's doing it for the kid's sake, not Tony's.
* DownerEnding: Almost the entire cast ends up
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Tony may be a career criminal, but he WouldntHurtAChild. He goes out of his way to be nice to his godson Tonio, and is willing (albeit slightly reluctant) to risk the loot he's stolen to save him.
** EveryoneHasStandards: Mado, when Tony asks her for information on Grutter's whereabouts after the heist, has no problems saying he and his friends can die for all she cares, even when Tony tells her about Mario and Ida's deaths. She decides to help him anyway upon learning Grutter kidnapped and plans to kill Tonio, a young boy; but makes it clear she's doing it for the kid's sake, not Tony's.
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* SlashedThroat: How the Grutters dispose of Mario and Ida.
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* SlashedThroat: How This is how the Grutters dispose of Mario and Ida.
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** The whole plot point of César talking, and then getting whacked by Tony, is often interpreted by scholars as this against the "friendly witnesses" whose cooporation with the HUAC resulting in the blacklisting of such folks as...director Jules Dassin.
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** The whole plot point of César talking, and then getting whacked by Tony, is often interpreted by scholars as this against the "friendly witnesses" whose cooporation with the HUAC resulting in the blacklisting of such folks as... director Jules Dassin.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Louise tells this to Jo when their son is kidnapped.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Louise tells this to Jo when their son is kidnapped. kidnapped:
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* TitleDrop: It's the title of the theme song, sung by Viviane (Creator/MagaliNoel.)
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* TitleDrop: It's the title of the theme song, sung by Viviane (Creator/MagaliNoel.)Viviane.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Between Tony and his old friends. César isn't really a part of the circle, though, and in the end he is forced to talk in order to save himself.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Between Tony and his old friends. César isn't really a part of the circle, though, and in the end he is he's forced to talk in order to save himself.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Tony whipping Mado.
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* WouldHitAGirl: Tony whipping whips Mado.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Between Tony and his old friends. Unfortunately, César would rather talk to save himself.
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* UndyingLoyalty: Between Tony and his old friends. Unfortunately, César would rather isn't really a part of the circle, though, and in the end he is forced to talk in order to save himself.
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** The Grutters murder Ida along with Mario for protecting Tony.
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Crosswick.
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* ThroughTheCeilingStealthily: An important step of the heist the whole film revolves around is to saw a hole through the ceiling of the jewelry's office (after determining that every other part of the room is full of sensors), and although sawing through something usually isn't stealthy, the lack of listeners inside the shop makes it stealthy enough for a robbery.
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Took out the emphasis, since I am not sure it is actually in the dialog.
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-->'''Louise:''' There's something I always wanted to tell you. There are kids, millions of kids who've grown up poor. Like you. How did it happen? What difference was there between them and you, that you became a hood, a tough guy, and not them? Know what I think, Jo? '''They're''' the tough guys, not you.
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-->'''Louise:''' There's something I always wanted to tell you. There are kids, millions of kids who've grown up poor. Like you. How did it happen? What difference was there between them and you, that you became a hood, a tough guy, and not them? Know what I think, Jo? '''They're''' They're the tough guys, not you.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Louise tells this to Jo when their son is kidnapped.
-->'''Louise:''' There's something I always wanted to tell you. There are kids, millions of kids who've grown up poor. Like you. How did it happen? What difference was there between them and you, that you became a hood, a tough guy, and not them? Know what I think, Jo? '''They're''' the tough guys, not you.
-->'''Louise:''' There's something I always wanted to tell you. There are kids, millions of kids who've grown up poor. Like you. How did it happen? What difference was there between them and you, that you became a hood, a tough guy, and not them? Know what I think, Jo? '''They're''' the tough guys, not you.
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* MetaCasting: Prior to this movie, Jean Servais' acting career had slumped due to alcoholism, and he was widely considered a has-been. Thus he brought a believable note of bitterness and desperation to his portrayal of Tony, a gangster considered a has-been by his peers.
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* {{Safecracking}}: César's role with the gang. He's brought into the caper after Tony insists on a big safe robbery instead of a simple smash-and-grab of the goods in the window.
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* {{Safecracking}}: César's role with the gang. He's brought into the caper after Tony insists on a big safe robbery instead of a simple smash-and-grab of the goods in the window. Notably, he uses the less glamorous but more realistic method of drilling through the back of the safe, rather than sussing out the combination.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: How the loot is hauled around, naturally.
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* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: How their fencer pays Tony and the loot is hauled around, naturally.gang for the jewels, naturally.
* BroadStrokes: Jules Dassin has admitted that he ''hated'' the original novel, so he had few qualms about making big, sweeping changes to bring the story to the screen. The novel was more focused on the conflict with the rival gangsters (with racist overtones to the conflict, since said rivals were Arabs and North Africans), and the robbery was a minor subplot that only took 10 pages. That robbery was the only part that grabbed Dassin, so he [[AdaptationExpansion expanded it]] until the planning and execution took up 45 minutes of screen time. Everything besides the robbery, Dassin [[AdaptationDistillation trimmed down significantly]], completely cutting several scenes with disturbing content like necrophilia. And he {{Race Lift}}ed the rival gangsters to make them French instead.
* BroadStrokes: Jules Dassin has admitted that he ''hated'' the original novel, so he had few qualms about making big, sweeping changes to bring the story to the screen. The novel was more focused on the conflict with the rival gangsters (with racist overtones to the conflict, since said rivals were Arabs and North Africans), and the robbery was a minor subplot that only took 10 pages. That robbery was the only part that grabbed Dassin, so he [[AdaptationExpansion expanded it]] until the planning and execution took up 45 minutes of screen time. Everything besides the robbery, Dassin [[AdaptationDistillation trimmed down significantly]], completely cutting several scenes with disturbing content like necrophilia. And he {{Race Lift}}ed the rival gangsters to make them French instead.
* CuttingTheKnot: The jewel shop is protected by a state-of-the-art alarm system, which will go off if it detects vibrations in the floor or walls--or if any of its wires are cut, or its main case is pried open. Tony realizes there's no way to prevent the alarm from activating during the heist, so instead he prevents anyone from ''hearing'' the bell, by using fire extinguisher foam to muffle its sound.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Tony gets shot by Grutter and collapses. But shortly after, he gets back up and shoots Grutter dead, retrieving the BriefcaseFullOfMoney from his corpse. However, he's still fatally wounded; as he drives Jo's son back home, he slowly succumbs to blood loss.]]
* RaceLift: In the original novel, the rival gangsters were all dark-skinned Arabs and North Africans. Jules Dassin didn't like the racism of that premise, so he changed to rivals to white Frenchmen in his version, giving their leader the vaguely Germanic surname Grutter.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Many details about the robbery are based on an actual burglary case from 1899 in Marseille. The real life gang actually did break into a travel agency's office, then dug through the floor into a jewel shop directly below, and even used an umbrella to catch their debris.
* RippedFromTheHeadlines: Many details about the robbery are based on an actual burglary case from 1899 in Marseille. The real life gang actually did break into a travel agency's office, then dug through the floor into a jewel shop directly below, and even used an umbrella to catch their debris.
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* TakeThat: The whole plot point of César talking, and then getting whacked by Tony, is often interpreted by scholars as this against the "friendly witnesses" whose cooporation with the HUAC resulting in the blacklisting of such folks as...director Jules Dassin.
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** The whole plot point of César talking, and then getting whacked by Tony, is often interpreted by scholars as this against the "friendly witnesses" whose cooporation with the HUAC resulting in the blacklisting of such folks as...director JulesDassin.Dassin.
** Producer Henri Bérard suggested making the rival gangsters ''Americans'', but Jules Dassin felt that kind of "oblique revenge" was a little too much.
** The whole plot point of César talking, and then getting whacked by Tony, is often interpreted by scholars as this against the "friendly witnesses" whose cooporation with the HUAC resulting in the blacklisting of such folks as...director Jules
** Producer Henri Bérard suggested making the rival gangsters ''Americans'', but Jules Dassin felt that kind of "oblique revenge" was a little too much.
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* OnlyOneName: Three of the four thief protagonists are just known by their first name and where they're from: Tony the Stéphanois, Jo the Suédenois, and César the Milanais. The only one of the bunch with a first and last name is Mario Ferrati.
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* StageName: Director Jules Dassin plays the role of César, but is listed in the credits as Perlo Vita for that part.
