Le deuxième souffle (1966 film)
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| Directed by | Jean-Pierre Melville |
| Written by |
Jean-Pierre Melville José Giovanni |
| Starring |
Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Raymond Pellegrin Christine Fabréga Pierre Zimmer |
| Music by | Bernard Gérard |
| Cinematography | Marcel Combes |
| Edited by |
Michèle Boëhm Monique Bonnot |
Release dates | FRA 1966 |
Running time | 150 minutes |
| Country | France |
Le deuxième souffle is a French crime-thriller film released in 1966. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, it stars Lino Ventura as Gustave Minda, Paul Meurisse as Inspector Blot and Raymond Pellegrin as Paul Ricci. The film was released under English titles including Second Breath and Second Wind. [1]
Plot
After escaping from prison Gustave discovers his fiancée is being blackmailed by other criminals. Gustave then plans one last caper to steal enough money in hopes of retiring, but he has to deal with the betrayal of Paul Ricci by his own brother, Jo (played by Marcel Bozzuffi), as well as with the brutal and corrupt police inspector Fardiano. Gustave encounters many hold-ups in his time after the escape from prison. He reunites with his girlfriend. He is targeted by a large organization of criminals who sabotage his attempts at gaining the money needed to escape his low life of hiding in bad conditions.
Finally, Gustave gets the edge on all the criminals targeting in their meeting. Gustave goes akimbo and guns down all the gangsters in the room though fatally shot and bleeding. The police inspector raids the place. Gustave guards the stairs with the dual handguns he used to kill all the gangsters. The police shoots Gustave dead after he lets out a chain of shots. He hands the inspector an important notebook from the gangsters which the inspector drops innocently for reporters of the newspaper to publish. Gustave's widow mourns his death, which was so she could be free from the harassment of the gangsters
Selected Cast
| Role | Actor |
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| Gustave 'Gu' Minda | Lino Ventura |
| Commissaire Blot | Paul Meurisse |
| Paul Ricci | Raymond Pellegrin |
| Manouche | Christine Fabréga |
| Jo Ricci | Marcel Bozzuffi |
| Antoine | Denis Manuel |
| Alban | Michel Constantin |
| Orloff | Pierre Zimmer |
| Pascal | Pierre Grasset |
| Inspecteur Fardiano | Paul Frankeur |
Remake
A new version of Le Deuxième Souffle was directd by Alain Corneau in 2007. It starred Daniel Auteuil, Michel Blanc and Jacques Dutronc.
References
- ↑ "Second Breath". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
External links
- Le deuxième souffle at AllMovie
- Le deuxième souffle at the Internet Movie Database
- Le deuxième souffle at Rotten Tomatoes
- Le deuxième souffle: After the Fall by Adrian Danks Criterion Collection
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