Directed by:
Jean-François RichetCinematography:
Robert GantzCast:
Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche, Roy Dupuis, Elena Anaya, Florence Thomassin, Michel Duchaussoy, Myriam Boyer (more)Plots(1)
Charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine, the legendary French gangster of the 1960s and 1970s who came to be known as French Public Enemy No. 1 and The Man of a Thousand Faces. Infamous for his bravado and outrageously daring prison escapes, Mesrine carried out numerous robberies, kidnappings and murders in a criminal career that spanned continents until he was shot dead in 1979 by France's notorious anti-gang unit. Thirty years after his death, his infamy lives on. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Vincent Cassel
France
Best movies:
Shrek (2001)
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Black Swan (2010)
Cécile de France
Belgium
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Lost Illusions (2021)
The Kid with a Bike (2011)
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
Gilles Lellouche
France
Best movies:
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life (2008)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
The Stronghold (2020)
Roy Dupuis
Canada
Best movies:
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
Maurice Richard (2005)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Elena Anaya
Spain
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Talk to Her (2002)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Florence Thomassin
France
Best movies:
Mina Tannenbaum (1994)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Michel Duchaussoy
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
Myriam Boyer
France
Best movies:
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Ludivine Sagnier
France
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Leïla Bekhti
France
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
The Source (2011)
A Prophet (2009)
Abdelhafid Metalsi
France
Best movies:
Munich (2005)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Michou d'Auber (2007)
Arnaud Henriet
Best movies:
The Bourne Identity (2002)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Goodbye, Children (1987)
Tanya Katchouni
Canada
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Angelo Aybar
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Point Blank (2010)
Capital (2012)
Affif Ben Badra
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Unleashed (2005)
Guy Thauvette
Canada
Best movies:
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Gilbert Sicotte
Canada
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Leolo (1992) - narrator
Louis Cyr (2013)
Frankie Pain
Best movies:
Amelie (2001)
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
A Very Long Engagement (2004)
Gilles Geisweiller
Best movies:
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008)
Une femme d'honneur (1996) (series)