France / Canada / Italy,
2008, 113 min
Directed by:
Jean-François RichetCinematography:
Robert GantzCast:
Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche, Roy Dupuis, Elena Anaya, Florence Thomassin, Michel Duchaussoy, Myriam Boyer (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
Now back in France, Mesrine is finally in police custody and facing justice for his crimes. After escaping a courtroom and kidnapping the judge at gunpoint, Mesrine is declared Public Enemy Number 1 and is eventually condemned to a maximum-security prison where he writes his memoirs, establishing himself as a household name and the anti-hero across France. Mesrine stages another daring escape and disappears into the lawless underworld, taunting the police and reinventing himself as a celebrity criminal through his savvy manipulation of the media. After such a monumental rise, comes the inevitable fall as the police close in, bringing the life of Jacques Mesrine to full bloody circle. (Music Box Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
César Awards
- 2009 - Jean-François Richet (Best Director)
- 2009 - Vincent Cassel (Best Actor)
- 2009 - Best Sound
- 2009 - Best Film
- 2009 - Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet (Best Adaptation)
- 2009 - Marco Beltrami, Marcus Trumpp (Best Original Music)
- 2009 - Robert Gantz (Best Cinematography)
- 2009 - Best Editing
- 2009 - Best Costume Design
- 2009 - Best Production Design