Mesrine (2008 film)
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Mesrine is a two-part (Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One) 2008 French film directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet. The first part's script was based on the autobiographical book L'instinct de mort by French gangster Jacques Mesrine, while the second part detailed Mesrine's criminal career after his escape from prison, and his subsequent brutal end.
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Parts
The film is divided into two parts, with various titles:
- Mesrine: L'instinct de mort (French for "Mesrine: Instinct for Death"); known in English as Public Enemy Number One (Part One), Mesrine: Part 1 - Death Instinct and Mesrine: Killer Instinct
- Mesrine: L'ennemi public № 1 (French for "Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1"); known in English as 'Public Enemy Number One (Part Two), Mesrine: Part 2 - Public Enemy #1 and Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One
Cast
Part 1 and 2
- Vincent Cassel as Jacques Mesrine
- Ludivine Sagnier as Sylvie Jeanjacquot
- Michel Duchaussoy as Pierre André Mesrine (Mesrine's father)
- Myriam Boyer as Mesrine's mother
Part 1
- Cécile De France as Jeanne Schneider
- Gérard Depardieu as Guido
- Gilles Lellouche as Paul
- Roy Dupuis as Jean-Paul Mercier
- Elena Anaya as Sofia
- Florence Thomassin as Sarah
- Abdelhafid Metalsi as Ahmed
- Gilbert Sicotte as the billionaire
- Deano Clavet as Roger André
Part 2
- Mathieu Amalric as François Besse
- Gérard Lanvin as Charly Bauer
- Samuel Le Bihan as Michel Ardouin
- Olivier Gourmet as Commissioner Broussard
- Anne Consigny as Mesrine's advocate
- Georges Wilson as Henri Lelièvre
Awards and nominations
Part 1 and 2
- César Awards (France)
- Won: Best Actor – Leading Role (Vincent Cassel)
- Won: Best Director (Jean-François Richet)
- Won: Best Sound (Hervé Buirette, François Groult, Gérard Hardy, Jean Minondo, Loïc Prian and Alexandre Widmer)
- Nominated: Best Cinematography (Robert Gantz)
- Nominated: Best Costume Design (Virginie Montel)
- Nominated: Best Editing (Bill Pankow and Hervé Schneid)
- Nominated: Best Film
- Nominated: Best Music Written for a Film (Marco Beltrami and Marcus Trumpp)
- Nominated: Best Production Design (Emile Ghigo)
- Nominated: Best Writing – Adaptation (Abdel Raouf Dafri and Jean-François Richet)
- Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan)
- Won: Best Actor (Vincent Cassel)
Reception
The critic aggregator RottenTomatoes certified the movie "fresh" with both parts having 84% of critics favorable. The first part was found "undeniably uneven, but Vincent Cassel's electrifying performance makes Mesrine: Killer Instinct a gangster biopic worth seeking out. "
