Fresh
It isn't an easy film to watch, perhaps because it moves so deliberately in comparison to its American models, but this somber, repressive, and perverse work displays a ferocious moral and formal integrity.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Le Deuxième Souffle
1966 · 2h 30m · Not Rated
Action, Crime, Drama
Directed by
Jean-Pierre Melville
Overview
A gangster escapes jail and quickly makes plans to continue his criminal ways elsewhere, but a determined inspector is closing in.
Director and cast
- Jean-Pierre Melville Director
- Lino Ventura as Gustave 'Gu' Minda
- Paul Meurisse as Commissaire Blot
- Christine Fabréga as Simone, aka 'Manouche'
- Michel Constantin as Alban
- Raymond Pellegrin as Paul Ricci
- Marcel Bozzuffi as Jo Ricci
- Pierre Zimmer Cast
- Denis Manuel Cast
- Pierre Grasset Cast
- Paul Frankeur Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A labyrinthine exploration of loyalties and betrayals in the French underworld.
Time Out
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