Tivoli: Le Samouraï

Discover exceptional storytelling, new releases, documentaries, restored classics, foreign and art films at Tivoli.
Curated by Jerry Harrington, the Nelson-Atkins is honored to be the home of the beloved theater.

Le Samouraï | Thursday, Aug. 22 @ 7 p.m. | Sunday, Aug. 25 @ 2 p.m.

In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer. An elegantly stylized — and newly remastered — masterpiece of cool, Le Samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema, 1960s French pop culture, and Japanese lone-warrior mythology.