Main Cast: Nicolas Silberg, Caroline Aguilar, Gerard Sergue, Michel Poujade, Louis Arbessier
Release Year: 1984
Country: FR
Run Time: 110 minutes
Plot
This fictionalized account of the outlaw life of Jacques Mesrine may be a run-of-the-mill crime drama, but it does not sanitize or glorify the hoodlum in any way. As Mesrine makes his prison break, engages in robberies and kidnappings, and systematically wounds a captured journalist who he found personally offensive, he is shown to be aggressive, angry, brutal, and humorless. This is a far cry from many media reports about Mesrine and is harsher than the documentary on his activities that appeared several weeks before this film by director André Genoves was released. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
Cast
Nicolas Silberg - Jacques Mesrine
Caroline Aguilar - Sylvia
Gerard Sergue - Besse
Michel Poujade - Broussard
Louis Arbessier - Lelievre
Claude Faraldo - Charlie Bauer; Jean-Pierre Pauty - Tillier
Credit
André Genovès - Director, Jean-Claude Couty - Cinematographer, Pierre Befve - Sound/Sound Designer, André Genovès - Screenwriter
