Le deuxième souffle (2007)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Alain Corneau

Writers:

Alain Corneau (adaptation)
José Giovanni (dialogue) ...
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Release Date:

24 October 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

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...

Plot Keywords:

Gangster | Beautiful Woman | Escape From Prison | Remake | Escaped Convict

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Daniel Auteuil	...	Gustave 'Gu' Minda
Monica Bellucci	...	Simona - dite 'Manouche'
Michel Blanc	...	Commissaire Blot
Jacques Dutronc	...	Stanislas Orloff
Eric Cantona	...	Alban
Daniel Duval	...	Venture Ricci
Gilbert Melki	...	Jo Ricci
Nicolas Duvauchelle	...	Antoine
Jacques Bonnaffé	...	Pascal
Philippe Nahon	...	Commissaire Fardiano
Jean-Paul Bonnaire	...	Théo, le passeur
Francis Renaud	...	Letourneur
Stéphane Brel	...	Poupon
Philippe Chaine	...	Godefroy
Gérald Laroche	...	Chef
Fabrice Donnio	...	Bernard
Alexandre Faure	...	Le flic Fardiano
Benoît Ferreux	...	Marcel le Stéphanois
Cyrille Dobbels	...	Le tueur restau Manouche #1
Didier Nobletz	...	Le tueur restau Manouche #1
Christian Ameri	...	Le portier restau Manouche
Jean-Claude Dauphin	...	Jacques le notaire
Yves Lambrecht	...	Fernand
Michel Vivier	...	Le flic restau Manouche
Sandra Moreno	...	L'infirmière
Bernard Bolzinger	...	Le malade
Jean-Pierre Leclerc	...	Le journaliste au carnet
Virginie Théron	...	Colette
Laurent Besançon	...	Le journaliste #1
Thierry Humbert	...	Le journaliste #2
Charlie Farnell	...	Fred
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aurélie Le Roc'h	...	Une entraîneuse de cabaret
Albert Goldberg	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Alain Corneau

Writing credits
Alain Corneau		(adaptation)
José Giovanni		(dialogue) and
Alain Corneau		(dialogue)
José Giovanni		(novel "Un reglement de comptes")

Produced by
Laurent Pétin	....	producer
Michèle Pétin	....	producer

Original Music by
Bruno Coulais

Cinematography by
Yves Angelo

Film Editing by
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte

Production Design by
Thierry Flamand

Makeup Department
Frédéric Balmer	....	special makeup effects artist
Laurent Bozzi	....	key hair stylist
Bérangère Cortaix	....	special makeup effects artist
Jacques-Olivier Molon	....	special makeup effects artist
Pierre Olivier Persin	....	special makeup effects crew
Pierre-Olivier Thevenin	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Jean-Charles Berlan	....	assistant unit manager
Guillaume Parent	....	post-production supervisor

Art Department
Dorothée Baussan	....	art department assistant
Khadija Ben Mustapha	....	assistant to set decorator
Michel Doré	....	storyboard artist
Virginie Hernvann	....	assistant art director
Sandrine Jarron	....	assistant art director
François Peyon	....	assistant art director
Olivier Seiler	....	props

Sound Department
Marie Averty	....	assistant sound
Germain Boulay	....	sound editor
Bernard Chaumeil	....	boom operator
Philippe Dongé	....	sound mix technician
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Gérard Lamps	....	sound
Marion Lorthioir	....	post-synchronisation
Simon Poupard	....	assistant adr recordist
Laurent Quaglio	....	sound

Special Effects by
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects supervisor
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Vadim Androussoff	....	digital compositor
Jerome Billet	....	matte painter
Stephanie Broussaud	....	Lustre assistant
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects director
Matthieu Chatelier	....	digital compositor
Jean-Nicolas Costa	....	additional roto artist
Alexia Cui	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Daniel	....	data manager
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator
Stephane Dittoo	....	visual effects supervisor
Elayaraja	....	production coordinator: visual effects
Élodie Ichter	....	Lustre assistant
Abdel Ali Kassou	....	technical manager
Nicolas Kermel	....	digital artist
Guillaume Le Gouez	....	digital compositor
Alexis Peraste	....	digital compositor
Christian Tomikowski	....	digital compositor
Georges Tornero	....	visual effects supervisor
Edouard Valton	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Jérôme Gaspard	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Bastien Blum	....	electrician
Arnaud Carney	....	camera trainee
Julien Cottret	....	grip
Pierre Hugues Galien	....	first assistant camera
Pierre Hugues Galien	....	second camera operator
Rachid Madaoui	....	gaffer
Valentin Monge	....	Steadicam operator
Valentin Monge	....	camera operator
Jérôme Prébois	....	still photographer
Samuel Renollet	....	second assistant camera
Benjamin Speyer	....	crane technician

Casting Department
Claire Coulange	....	casting assistant
Tristan Ravasco	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nathalie Chesnais	....	costume supervisor
Louise Rapp	....	costumer
Aurélie Morille	....	trainee (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Serge Anthony	....	colorist

Music Department
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra	....	orchestra
Laurent Petitgirard	....	conductor

Production Companies

• ARP Sélection
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Kiosque (participation)
• Sofica Sogécinéma 4 (participation)
• Sogécinéma 5 (participation)
• Région Ile-de-France (support)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (in partnership with)

Distributors

• Hexagon Pictures (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• ARP Sélection (2007) (France) (all media)
• CP Classics (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Christal Films (2007) (Canada) (all media)

Special Effects

• Duboi (visual effects)
• Duboicolor

Also Known As:

The Second Wind (International: English title)

Runtime:

France:155 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Japan:R-15 | France:U (with warning)

Filming Locations:

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company:

ARP Sélection

Trivia:

Monica Bellucci decided to bleach her hair blonde for her role to give her role more of a "gangster" feel to it.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Gu is traveling by bus from Paris to Marseille, a modern day car can be seen through the window.

Movie Connections:

Version of Le deuxième souffle (1966)

Looks nice but unnecessary...

Based on the novel Un Reglement de Comptes by Jose Giovanni on which legendary auteur Jean-Pierre Melville based his classic 1966 film, one has to admire the balls on Alain Corneau for tackling the same source material. A more colorful adaptation of the Giovanni novel, SECOND BREATH rejects all things black and white. Headlamps are amber and there's even a jaundiced light over black and white crime scene photos. In fact, Corneau's SECOND BREATH isn't just colorful; it's garish. Hues are saturated to stratospheric levels.

Apart from the color and some intensified violence, Corneau's version of SECOND BREATH is an exercise in redundancy for fans of the original Melville film. It's not to say that Corneau's film is bad by any stretch of the imagination. It's simply just not necessary.