Jean-Pierre Melville
Screenwriter and director
PAUL MAYERSBERG introduces
Jean-Pierre Melville's celebrated thriller
Second Breath
(Le Deuxieme Souffle) starring
Lino Ventura
Gu Minda , a former underworld boss, escapes from prison. On his way to
Marseilles and safety, he kills two gangsters, henchmen of a gangland rival, but is forced to defer settling accounts. An ambitious plan to hijack a consignment of platinum puts Gu's reputation to the test.
Melville's tense thriller exposes the seedy underworld milieu dominated by distrust and betrayal.
Screenplay by JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE from the novel by JOSE GIOVANNI
Produced by CHARLES LUMBROSO and ANDRE LABAY
Directed by JEAN PIERRE MELVILLE
(A French film with English subtitles. Black and white) 0 FILMS: page 21