L'instinct de mort

Oct 22 2008 R 1h 53m
Action, Biography, Crime

Jacques Mesrine, a loyal son and dedicated soldier, is back home and living with his parents after serving in the Algerian War. Soon he is seduced by the neon glamour of sixties Paris and the easy money it presents. Mentored by Guido, Mesrine turns his back on middle class law-abiding and soon moves swiftly up the criminal ladder.

Plot

Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- the first of two parts -- charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), the legendary French gangster of the 1960s and 1970s who came to be known as French Public Enemy No. 1 and The Man of a Thousand Faces. Infamous for his bravado and outrageously daring prison escapes, Mesrine carried out numerous robberies, kidnappings and murders in a criminal career that spanned continents until he was shot dead in 1979 by France's notorious anti-gang unit. Thirty years after his death, his infamy lives on. Mesrine was helped along the way by beautiful and equally reckless Jeanne Schneider (Cécile de France), a Bonnie to match his Clyde. Mesrine made up his own epic, between romanticism and cruelty, flamboyance and tragedy.

Written by

Jacques Mesrine, Abdel Raouf Dafri, Jean-François Richet

Directed by

Jean-François Richet

Cast

Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu

Crew

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Production Countries

France, Italy, Canada

Production Companies

Remstar Productions, La Petite Reine, Novo RPI

Languages

English, Español, Français

Awards

8 wins & 15 nominations total

Trailers
Mesrine: Killer Instinct Trailer
Public Enemy: Part One / Mesrine : L'instinct de mort (2009) - Trailer International
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