Le Deuxième souffle (Second Breath) (1966)
Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 0
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Veteran gangster Gustave (Lino Ventura) escapes from prison to find his sister is being blackmailed by some petty thugs in this crime thriller. He plans one last caper to steal enough money in hopes of retiring to a tropical paradise. He and his gang are sought by a detective (Paul Meurisse), the cop who plays by the book and avoids the sadistic torture practiced by his less-honorable cohorts. Soon Gustave is caught between the police and the double-crossing gangsters and discovers too late that
Nov 1, 1966 Wide
Oct 7, 2008
Cast
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Lino Ventura
Gustave Minda -
Paul Meurisse
Inspector Blot -
Raymond Pellegrin
Paul Ricci -
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Pierre Zimmer
Orloff -
Marcel Bozzuffi
Ricci -
Michel Constantin
Alban -
Paul Frankeur
Fardiano -
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All Critics (9) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (0) | DVD (4)
A labyrinthine exploration of loyalties and betrayals in the French underworld.
Top CriticIt 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.
superbly restrained
Le Deuxieme Souffle is at heart a romantic fantasy of underworld loyalty and lives of calculated risk and violence anchored by brilliantly staged and shot set pieces...
Le Deuxieme Souffle may be second-tier Melville, but in terms of noir, that still makes it virtually second to none.
Characteristic of Melville's crime canon, the film's rigorously mannered aesthetic creates a decidedly artificial environment, and yet that environment is so meticulously, thoroughly realized that it's breathtakingly immersive.
The product of a director in complete control of his talents, Second Breath musters enough depth that by its conclusion it feels only nominally like a heist film.
It's a long film which stretches its premise over 150 minutes, but a rewarding experinece nonetheless.
It is a violent film shot with calm detachment.
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Foreign Titles
- Second Breath (DE)
- Second Breath (UK)
