French film "Le Cercle Rouge" to be screened November 11, 2011

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ALBANY, NY (10/28/2011)(readMedia)-- LE CERCLE ROUGE (France, 1970, 140 minutes, color, in French with English subtitles, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville) will be shown on Friday, November 11, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Hall, 135 Western Avenue, on the University at Albany's downtown campus. Sponsored by the New York State Writers Institute, the screening is free and open to the public.

A meticulously constructed film about a jewel heist gone wrong, LE CERCLE ROUGE features master thieves, brilliant twists, and a cat-loving police inspector who refuses to be outwitted. In recent reappraisals, A. O. Scott of the New York Times called it, "the kind of experience that makes you glad that movies exist." The film was written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville.

For additional information contact the Writers Institute at 518-442-5620 or online at http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst.