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Mesrine (1984 film)

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Wikipedia article




'Mesrine' is a 1984 French film written and directed by Andr Gnovs. A biographical film based on the life of Jacques Mesrine, it focuses on the eighteen months following his escape from La Sant Prison in May 1978 until his death in November 1979. Nicolas Silberg stars as the eponymous lead character.

Cast



* Nicolas Silberg as Jacques Mesrine

* Caroline Aguilar as Sylvia Jeanjacquot

* Grard Sergue as Franois Besse

* Michel Poujade as Le commissaire Broussard

* Louis Arbessier as Lelievre

* Claude Faraldo as Charlie Bauer

* Jean-Pierre Pauty as Tillier

* Artus de Penguern as Inspector Lejeune

Reception



Film critic James Benefield of 'Little White Lies' magazine regarded 'Mesrine' as "a pretty ropey, half-baked biopic", inferior to the later 2008 film starring Vincent Cassel. Benefield criticized Gnovs' "bland direction" and "lack of imagination", likening the film to a television production rather than a cinematic release, and noted that "the film fails to come to terms with Mesrines controversial glamour and celebrity". The Blood wrote a song about Mesrine which preceded both the 1984, and 2008 movies. The song featured on the 1983 album False Gestures For A Devious Public.

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