Le deuxieme souffle
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Genre: Thriller, Crime Fiction, Gangster, World cinema, Art film, Crime Thriller, Crime, Caper story, Drama
Year: 1966
Country: France
Language: French Language
Starring: Raymond Pellegrin, Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Pierre Zimmer
Le deuxième souffle is an French crime-thriller film released in 1966. Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, it stars Lino Ventura as Gustave Minda, known as Gu, Paul Meurisse as Inspector Blot and Raymond Pellegrin as Paul Ricci. The story revolves around Gustave escaping from prison to find his fiancée is being blackmailed from other criminals. Gustave then plans one last caper to steal enough money in hopes of retiring, but he has to deal with the betrayal of Paul Ricci by his own brother, Jo (played by Marcel Bozzuffi), as well as with the brutal and corrupt police inspector Fardiano.
The film was released under English titles including Second Breath and Second Wind.
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