Le Deuxième Souffle
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An aging, legendary gangster known as Gu escapes from a fortress prison and seeks passage to Italy, agreeing to participate in one final platinum robbery on a mountainous Marseille road to finance his freedom, only to be framed as an informant by a ruthless police inspector and forced to undertake a suicide mission to clear his underworld honor. Jean-Pierre Melville's monumental crime tragedy starring Lino Ventura and Paul Meurisse.
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Jean-Pierre Melville
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