Mesrine (1984 film)
{{Infobox film
| name = Mesrine
| image = Mesrine 1984 poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = André Génovès
| producer = Gérard Croce
| writer = André Génovès
| starring = Nicolas Silberg
Caroline Aguilar
Gérard Sergue
| music = Jean-Pierre Rusconi
| cinematography = Jean-Claude Couty
| editing = Martine Rousseau
| studio = G.R. Productions
| distributor = Parafrance Films
| released = {{Film date|1984|02|29|df=yes}}
| runtime = 110 min.
| country = France
| language = French
| budget =
| gross =
}}
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.
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".{{cite web |url=http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/dvds/mesrine-1984/ |title=Mesrine DVD Review |first=James |last=Benefield |work=Little White Lies |accessdate=4 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228075035/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/dvds/mesrine-1984/ |archivedate=28 December 2009 }} 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
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0087712|Mesrine}}
Category:Biographical films about French gangsters
Category:1984 crime drama films
Category:French crime drama films
Category:1980s French-language films
Category:Films set in the 1970s
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