RomeFilmFest: Alain Corneau's THE SECOND WIND (LE DEUXIÈME SOUFFLE)

Alain Corneau's The Second Wind (Le deuxième souffle) is scheduled to be screened in competition at the RomeFilmFest (CINEMA. Festa Internazionale di Roma) on October 18th; it's to be the festival's opening night film. ARP Sélection S.A. is scheduled to release the movie theatrically in France on October 24th. Wild Bunch (Exception Wild Bunch S.A.) is the international sales agent for it.

The screenplay for The Second Wind (Le deuxième souffle) was written by Corneau, based on the eponymous novel Le deuxième souffle by José Giovanni. (Jean-Pierre Melville's 1966 classic Second Breath (Le deuxième souffle) was likewise based on that novel.) The movie stars Daniel Auteuil as Gustave 'Gu' Minda, Monica Bellucci as Manouche, Michel Blanc as Commissaire Blot, Jacques Dutronc as Orloff, Eric Cantona as Alban, Daniel Duval as Venture Ricci, Nicolas Duvauchelle as Antoine, Jacques Bonnaffé as Pascal, Gilbert Melki as Jo Ricci, and Philippe Nahon as Inspecteur Fardiano.

Here's a synopsis for The Second Wind from Wild Bunch's website: "1958. Gu, an infamous and highly dangerous gangster serving a life sentence, escapes from prison. With the cops on his trail, he plans to flee the country with Manouche, the woman he loves. Desperate for cash, he agrees to take part in one last job. Thanks to him, the hold-up goes without a hitch.

But the cops are manipulating things behind the scenes, and Gu's accomplices take him for an informer -- a traitor.

To save his honour and clear his name, Gu will do whatever is necessary..."

For more information on The Second Wind, see ScreenAnarchy's third, second, and first articles on it.

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ARP Sélection: The Second Wind subsite (w/ pre-production teaser trailer)

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