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Mesrine: Public Enemy #1

Name: Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Genre: Action/Adventure,Drama,Suspense/Thriller
Released: 2010
Duration: 106 min
Cast: Ludivine Sagnier, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Amalric, Samuel Le Bihan, Gérard Lanvin

2010 Action/Adventure | Drama | Suspense/Thriller

74%

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 a nationwide anti-hero. Mesrine stages another daring escape and disappears, taunting the police and reinventing himself as a celebrity criminal through his manipulation of the media. After such a monumental rise, comes the inevitable fall as the police close in, bringing his life to full bloody circle.

Director

Jean-François Richet

Actors

Ludivine Sagnier

Vincent Cassel

Mathieu Amalric

Samuel Le Bihan

Gérard Lanvin

Olivier Gourmet

Gerald Lanvin

Matheiu Amalric

Part of: The Mesrine Collection

Jacques Mesrine, last of the great French gangsters, was declared Public Enemy Number One during his lifetime. He regularly finished atop the list of newsmakers in opinion polls. His spectacular death, shot full of holes by police at close range in the middle of Paris, put the crowning touch on his legend. Nearly thirty years after his demise in 1979, the myth of Jacques Mesrine is very much alive. Now, for the first time, this ambitious project brings his life to the big screen. At once a thriller and a biopic, the project is shot through with action and emotion, yet remains as faithful as possible to factual reality. Far from making a model or superhero out of Mesrine, the film portrays the character in all its complexity, including the darkest aspects. What will emerge is the story of the man behind the icon.