La Scoumoune (1972) - José Giovanni
Rating: 6.4/10
Runtime: 101 mins
Language: English dubbed (Originally French)
Country: France | Italy
Color: Color (Eastmancolor)
Cast:
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Roberto Borgo
Claudia Cardinale ... Georgia Saratov
Michel Constantin ... Xavier Saratov
Enrique Lucero ... The Mexican / Migli
Alain Mottet ... Ficelle
Michel Peyrelon ... L'élégant
Philippe Brizard ... Fanfan
Marie-Claude Mestral ... Prostitute
Aldo Bufi Landi ... Villanova
Gérard Depardieu ... Burglar
Description:
Synopsis:
Roberto Borgo (Jean-Paul Belmondo) leaves Sicily for Marseille, where his childhood friend Xavier (Michel Constantin) has just been condemned to 20 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Indeed, local gang leader, Villanova, has framed Xavier. Roberto confronts the mobster and kills him. Later, while helping Xavier's sister (Claudia Cardinale) to fight an American gang of racketeers in a bar-room shoot-out, Roberto survives the gunfight but is arrested and sent to the same prison as his friend Xavier. Both men are prepared to risk anything to regain their freedom ... so they volunteer to clear land mines left from the last war, hoping to receive a pardon.
Review:
Anyone who had previously seen Jean Becker’s 1961 film "Un Nommé la Rocca" could be forgiven for having a strong sense of déjà vu when watching this film. "La Scoumoune" is effectively a re-make of that film, which itself was based on José Giovanni’s own novel "L’Excommunié". The sense of familiarity is compounded by having acting legend Jean-Paul Belmondo playing the same lead character in both films. In contrast to the sanitised earlier adaptation, "La Scoumoune" is far more explicit in its depiction of death and violence, one of the things which makes this the better of the two films.
"La Scoumoune" was Giovanni’s attempt to set the record straight and tell his story in the way he had intended. In contrast to the sanitised earlier adaptation, "La Scoumoune" is far more explicit in its depiction of death and violence, one of the things which makes this the better of the two films.
The film’s main strength lie in its visuals. The photography is of a high standard – particularly the prison and mine-clearing scenes towards the end of the film. In addition, the fight sequences are fast, furious, and very bloody, having a sense of realism that was probably quite daring at the time.
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