Mesrine (2008 film)
Mesrine is a twopart Mesrine Killer Instinct and Mesrine Public Enemy Number One 2008 French film directed by JeanFranois Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet. The first parts script was based on the autobiographical book Linstinct de mort by French gangster Jacques Mesrine, while the second part detailed Mesrines criminal career after his escape from prison, and his subsequent brutal end. The film has been referred to as the French version of the American film Scarface which starred Al Pacino.
Partdepicts Mesrines life from 1959 to 1972, beginning with his time as an member of the French Army during the Algerian War, where he was forced to shoot and kill prisoners and bombmakers. On his return to France, he moves into his parents home, where he reunites with his mother and his father. After an argument about getting an honest job, he meets with his old childhood friend, Paul, who is wealthy now and drives a sports car. They soon get into robbery business with Pauls boss, Guido, and from him, he obtains a Citron DS as a loan. Later, Guido and Mesrine kill Ahmed, an Arab pimp who beat up Sarah one of his girls and Mesrines girlfriend, and bury him in the countryside and drive off.Using Guidos status as a local crime boss as protection from their enemies, after committing some robberies, Paul and Mesrine briefly leave France for the Canary Islands, where Mesrine meets and falls in love with Sofia, who moves to France with him, and they marry. However, although they have a daughter, and later two sons, Mesrine continues to be in the robbery business, causing him to get arrested and sent to prison in late 1960. He is released in 1962, and although tries to keep a steady job and be honest, he is fired over financial crisis, and dreams of easy money get him back into the business. One night, Guido and Paul arrive and Mesrine prepares to leave with them, but Sofia yells at him and tells him that she will call the police, on which Mesrine snaps, slaps her, drags her across the stairs, and shoves a gun into her mouth and threatens her in front of Guido and Paul before departing. Later they divorce, leaving him custody of the children. ........
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