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

Mesrine
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Directed by	André Génovès
Written by	André Génovès
Produced by	Gérard Croce
Starring	Nicolas Silberg Caroline Aguilar Gérard Sergue
Cinematography	Jean-Claude Couty
Edited by	Martine Rousseau
Music by	Jean-Pierre Rusconi
Production company	G.R. Productions
Distributed by	Parafrance Films
Release date	29 February 1984 (1984-02-29)
Running time	110 min.
Country	France
Language	French

Cast

• Nicolas Silberg as Jacques Mesrine
• Caroline Aguilar as Sylvia Jeanjacquot
• Gérard Sergue as François 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 Génovès' "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 Mesrine’s controversial glamour and celebrity".[1] 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.

References

External links

• Mesrine at IMDb
• Mesrine at AllMovie

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