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While far less known than the likes of Le samouraï and Le Cercle Rouge, Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le deuxième souffle is every bit as astonishing, from the abstract virtuosity of its opening jailbreak to the heist at its centre, which remains one of the most thrilling ever committed to film.
Starring a never better Lino Ventura, Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the suave inspector, Blot (Paul Meurisse), relentlessly seeking him.
“Takes the noir to the heights of a monumental apogee of the genre where words can only belittle the grandiosity of it all.” - Celluloid Liberation Front
Starring a never better Lino Ventura, Melville follows the parallel tracks of French underworld criminal Gu (the inimitable Ventura), escaped from prison and roped into one last robbery, and the suave inspector, Blot (Paul Meurisse), relentlessly seeking him.
“Takes the noir to the heights of a monumental apogee of the genre where words can only belittle the grandiosity of it all.” - Celluloid Liberation Front
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Tue, 28 Jul 2026
Cinema 1
06:30 pm
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Cinema 1
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