CRITERION COLLECTION: LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE

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• Release Year: 1966
• Genre: Crime, Drama
• Plot: With his customary restraint and ruthless attention to detail, director Jean-Pierre Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Lino Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the suave Inspector Blot (Paul Meurisse), relentlessly seeking him. The implosive Le deuxieme souffle captures the pathos, loneliness, and excitement of a life in the shadows with methodical suspense and harrowing authenticity, and contains one of the most thrilling heist sequences Melville ever shot.
• Cast: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Frankeur, Denis Manuel, Jean Négroni, Michel Constantin, Pierre Zimmer, Pierre Grasset, Jacques Léonard, Raymond Loyer, Régis Outin, Albert Michel, Jean-Claude Bercq, Louis Bugette, Albert Dagnant, Sylvain Levignac, Marcel Bernier, Pierre Gualdi, Jean-Pierre Melville, José Giovanni, Marcel Combes, Michèle Boëhm, Monique Bonnot, Bernard Gérard
• Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
• Runtime: 2:30
• Company: Les Productions Montaigne, Institut National de l'Audiovisuel (INA), René Chateau Vidéo, The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie