What is Second Breath / Bob Le Flambeur about?

Name: Second Breath / Bob Le Flambeur
Genre: Action/Adventure,Drama

SECOND BREATH (LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE), 1966, 150 min. Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville. A middle-aged hood (Lino Ventura) breaks out of jail and organizes a new gang, determined to prove he still has what it takes. Melville’s brutal, crackling noir contrasts Ventura’s “old world craftsmanship” against the younger generation of Nouvelle Vague crooks. A twisting-turning maze of existential pitfalls opens up before Ventura’s character – some placed by the police, some by his cronies, some by his woman and some even by himself – will it be possible for him to circumvent them all? In French, with English subtitles. BOB LE FLAMBEUR, 1955, Rialto Pictures, 97 min. Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville. Roger Duchesne stars as smooth-as-velvet crook Bob, planning to retire after one last, big score – if he can keep his hands off coquettish vixen Isabelle Corey and the even-more dangerous allure of the gambling tables.

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What is Second Breath / Bob Le Flambeur about?: SECOND BREATH (LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE), 1966, 150 min. Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville. A middle-aged hood (Lino Ventura) breaks out of jail and organizes a new gang, determined to prove he still has what it takes. Melville’s brutal, crackling noir contrasts Ventura’s “old world craftsmanship” against the younger generation of Nouvelle Vague crooks. A twisting-turning maze of existential pitfalls opens up before Ventura’s character – some placed by the police, some by his cronies, some by his woman and some even by himself – will it be possible for him to circumvent them all? In French, with English subtitles.
BOB LE FLAMBEUR, 1955, Rialto Pictures, 97 min. Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville. Roger Duchesne stars as smooth-as-velvet crook Bob, planning to retire after one last, big score – if he can keep his hands off coquettish vixen Isabelle Corey and the even-more dangerous allure of the gambling tables.