In 2008 there were two featurelength films based on his life, one of them starring vincent cassel in the lead role. Mesrine is a twopart 2008 french biographical crime film on the life of french gangster jacques mesrine, directed by jeanfrancois richet and written by abdel raouf dafri and richet. Cassel is an aa renained for playin the infamous french bankrobber jacques mesrine in mesrine. The 10 best vincent cassel movies you need to watch posted on august 23, 2016 august 23, 2016 by eustacia adams as one of the best known french actors working today, vincent cassel has a penchant for playing compelling characters driven by a deeper desire. Mesrine nest pas pagnol mais il y croyait dur comme fer.
Vincent cassel is a french actor who has appeared in over twentyfive films in france and the united states but he has not been a highly recognizable actor to american audiences. Public enemy number one, detailed mesrine s criminal career. Vincent cassel in biography of french gangster the new york. But after a year, he realized he was irrevocably, irredeemably, irresistibly french. Vincent cassel stars in a hardboiled performance as the french criminal who. Vincent cassel, as a reallife french master criminal, puts public enemies in. He is sent to the saintvincentdepaul prison, where he is exposed to. Vincent cassel joue mesrine coulisse jacques ennemi public 1.
The movie is generally true to the book and well worth seeing. Killer instinct r, 1 minutes he was a ruthless killer, bank robber, kidnapper and prison break artistand a selfpromoting egomaniac who wrote books some compared to camus. Aber ich erinnere mich daran, dass ich es als kind als ziemlich schockierend empfand, wie seine leiche im fernsehen. That will be a thing of the past as lovers of the gangster genre, in particular, will be spellbound by his work in the two backtoback awardwinning films. Vincent cassel born 23 november 1966 is a french actor cassel has starred in many films and is well known for portraying villains or violent characters in many of the roles the very french vincent cassel. And with his latest performance as one of frances most notorious. Jacques mesrine book, abdel raouf dafri scenario 2 more credits. The 10 best vincent cassel movies you need to watch. Cassel was discovered by gene kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film the happy road.
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