Mesrine (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Jean-François Richet |
| Written by | Abdel Raouf Dafri Jean-François Richet |
| Produced by | Thomas Langmann André Rouleau Maxime Rémillard |
| Starring | Vincent Cassel |
| Cinematography | Robert Gantz |
| Edited by | Part One: Stéphane Garnier Hervé Schneid Part Two: Bill Pankow Hervé Schneid |
| Music by | Marco Beltrami Marcus Trumpp |
| Distributed by | Pathé (France and Switzerland) Alliance Films (Canada and United Kingdom) |
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Running time | 246 minutes Part One: 113 minutes Part Two: 133 minutes |
| Countries | France Canada |
| Languages | French Spanish English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $46.3 million |
Mesrine is a two-part 2008 French biographical crime film on the life of French gangster Jacques Mesrine, directed by Jean-François Richet and written by Abdel Raouf Dafri and Richet. The first part, Mesrine: Killer Instinct, was based on Mesrine's autobiographical book L'instinct de mort, while the second part, Mesrine: Public Enemy Number One, detailed Mesrine's criminal career. The film has earned comparisons to the American film Scarface, and Vincent Cassel earned rave reviews for his portrayal of Mesrine.