Gala / UK premiere

Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (Mesrine - L'ennemi public n° 1)

  • Jean-Francois Richet /
  • France /
  • 2008 /
  • 133 mins

Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, Gerard Lanvin, Samuel Le Bihan, Olivier Gourmet, Georges Wilson

Part two of the César-winning modern gangster classic.

As Mesrine continues to evade and frustrate the law, he becomes increasingly burdened by his own bloated celebrity, and begins to question his thrilling but lonely existence. In a continuation of his Raging Bull-style metamorphosis, Cassel concludes the world class performance that propels Richet’s
ultra-stylish films into the same league as benchmark gangster classics such as Once Upon a Time in America and The Godfather 1 and 2.

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