La Scoumoune
{{Infobox film
| name = La Scoumoune
| image = La Scoumoune.jpg
| caption =
| director = José Giovanni
| producer = Raymond Danon
| screenplay = José Giovanni
| starring = Jean Paul Belmondo
Claudia Cardinale
| music = François de Roubaix
| cinematography = Andréas Winding
| editing = Françoise Javet
| distributor = Fox-Lira
| released = {{Film date|1972}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
|gross = 1,966,700 admissions (France)[http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=search&rurl=translate.google.com.au&sl=fr&u=http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-jean-paul-belmondo-c22691425/37&usg=ALkJrhgIw7MDRF12epykT3e2Jvad0BfMqA Box office information about film] at Box Office Story
}}
La Scoumoune ("Bad luck") is a 1972 French film directed by José Giovanni, starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale and Michel Constantin. It is an adaptation of Giovanni's novel L'Excommunié.{{cite web|url=http://www.mymovies.it/filmografia/?a=202|title=Claudia Cardinale |publisher=Mymovies.it|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}
La Scoumoune is a remake of a 1961 French movie, A Man Named Rocca, directed by Jean Becker, also based on Giovanni's novel and starring Belmondo in the same part.
Plot
In the mid-1930s mobster Roberto La Rocca (Jean-Paul Belmondo) comes to Marseille to help his friend who was framed by the local crime bosses. Roberto is caught up in clashes between different gangs and as a result serves a long sentence in prison for the murder of several enemy gang members. Once in prison he begins to prepare his escape.
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo : Roberto Borgo
- Claudia Cardinale : Georgia Saratov
- Michel Constantin : Xavier Saratov
- Enrique Lucero : Migli
- Alain Mottet : Ficelle
- Michel Peyrelon : Handsome Charlot
- Philippe Brizard : Fanfan
- Aldo Bufi Landi : Villanova
- Jacques Debary : Carl
- Gérard Depardieu : Burglar
- Marc Eyraud : Bonnaventure
- Andréa Ferréol : The angry prostitute
- Henri Vilbert : Graville
- Jacques Rispal: Monsieur Dubois
- Nicolas Vogel : Grégoire
- Jean-Claude Michel : The lawyer
- Dominique Zardi : The convict
- Pierre Collet : The prison director
- Luciano Catenacci
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=|title=La Scoumoune}}
- [http://www.lefilmguide.com/review/la-scoumoune-1972.html Bad Luck]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at Le Film Guide
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Category:1970s French-language films
Category:Films about organized crime in France
Category:Films based on works by José Giovanni
Category:Films set in the 1930s
Category:Films set in the 1940s
Category:Films set in Marseille
Category:Films shot in Corsica
Category:French gangster films
Category:Films directed by José Giovanni
Category:Films scored by François de Roubaix
Category:Films with screenplays by José Giovanni
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