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Actors: Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse, Raymond Pellegrin, Christine Fabréga, Marcel Bozzuffi, Paul Frankeur, Michel Constantin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Second Breath |
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SECOND BREATH (Le Second Souffle) is a movie cowritten and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville in 1966.
Gu is 46 years old and has just escaped from prison. 10 years before, he was the public enemy number 1, now he just want to go back to Italy. Before stowing away, he takes part in a robbery as the fourth man. Trapped by the police, Gu manages to escape but must face his partners who believe that he's denounced them.
The second plot is the movie describes the activity of Inspector -Paul Meurisse- Blot who, thanks to his deductions, follows step by step from his office in Paris Gu's dramatic journey.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Second Breath |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- catching/stopping killer
Criminal enemy is...
- robber
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals killing each other
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- thief/con artist
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
- moving train
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Kind of violence:
- hand to hand
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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