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L'ennemi public n°1 (2008)
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19 November 2008 (Belgium) morePlot:
The story of notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine. The follow-up film to "Public Enemy No. 1." full summary | add synopsisAwards:
6 wins & 7 nominations moreUser Comments:
exciting gangster epic more (10 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Vincent Cassel | ... | Jacques Mesrine | |
| Ludivine Sagnier | ... | Sylvie Jeanjacquot | |
| Mathieu Amalric | ... | François Besse | |
| Gérard Lanvin | ... | Charly Bauer | |
| Samuel Le Bihan | ... | Michel Ardouin | |
| Olivier Gourmet | ... | Le commissaire Broussard | |
| Michel Duchaussoy | ... | Le père de Jacques Mesrine | |
| Myriam Boyer | ... | La mère de Jacques Mesrine | |
| Anne Consigny | ... | L'avocate de Jacques Mesrine | |
| Georges Wilson | ... | Henri Lelièvre | |
| Alain Fromager | ... | Jacques Dallier - journaliste pour Minute | |
| Alain Doutey | ... | Le président du tribunal à Compiègne | |
| Laure Marsac | ... | La journaliste interview | |
| Arsène Mosca | ... | Jojo - un policier | |
| Christophe Vandevelde | ... | Inspecteur Gégé |
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Also Known As:
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (UK) (USA)Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One (UK) (alternative spelling) (USA) (alternative spelling)
Mesrine - L'ennemi public n° 1 (France) (poster title)
Mesrine: L'ennemi public n° 1 (France) (promotional title)
Mesrine: Part 2 - Public Enemy #1 (International: English title)
Mesrine: Part II - Public Enemy #1 (International: English title)
Public Enemy No. 1, Part 2 (International: English title)
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133 minColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | France:U (with warning) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Ireland:16 | UK:15 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:R15+Fun Stuff
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Producer Thomas Langmann first contacted Vincent Cassel about the Mesrine project in 2001, after the release of Jacques Audiard's Sur mes lèvres (2001). Cassel initially accepted, but then bowed out as he found the script too "black and white". Benoît Magimel and 'Vincent Elbaz'convinced by new helmer 'Jean-Francois Richet' were then successively attached before Cassel returned' and especially Abdel Raouf Dafri's two-part script, claiming the screenwriter had succeeded in bringing the right tone to the picture and the character, bringing out all his darkness and paradoxes. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the first shot of the sex scene with Sylvia, she can be seen wearing her panties. In the shots that follow she is fully naked. moreFAQ
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Not a generic crime movie, it certainly has also something of every crime story but much more energy and realism, due to both Cassel's performance and a strong direction that gets to cement effectively the whole story. There's a lot of violence but also an effective job of transforming the movie's central character into a rounded and strongly captivating figure. Cassel is more than electrifying and, although the director leapfrogs many years, the work of describing this big character proves to be perfect. Another element of the film is the Martin Scorsese style, defined by professional reviewers as violent escapism. Of course the whole epic is centered on one performance rather than the plot but I think the second part of this story works even better than the first