Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: "When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever their diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come together in the red circle.

Le Cercle Rouge is a film inspired by the above line. It was directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, who changed his last name to Melville out of admiration for Herman Melville (author of "Moby Dick"). I've had a picture of this movie poster for the longest time but I've never caught this french heist film till now. It's films like this that redeems french cinema for me.