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The Second Wind

The Second Wind

Drama · Crime · Mystery · 2007

Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...

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The Second Wind

2007 Drama · Crime · Mystery 2h 35m

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6.0 / 10

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Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...

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Directed by

Alain Corneau

Written by

Alain Corneau

Daniel Auteuil

Daniel Auteuil

Gustave Minda, dit 'Gu'

Monica Bellucci

Monica Bellucci

Manouche

Michel Blanc

Michel Blanc

le commissaire Blot

Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc

Orloff

Éric Cantona

Éric Cantona

Alban

Gilbert Melki

Gilbert Melki

Jo Ricci

Daniel Duval

Daniel Duval

Venture Ricci

Court is in session

Put The Second Wind on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.