2007 · drama · crime · mystery
The Second Wind
Directed by Alain Corneau2h 35m2007
Gu, a famous gangster, has just escaped from jail. All french police is after him. Before leaving the country with Manouche, the woman he loves, Gu needs a final job to get some money. The job works, but a police's scheming makes Gu appear as a traitor to his own accomplices. Gu will do whatever it takes to clean his honor...
Our read: The Second Wind (2007) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · crime · mystery entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- intense
- cold
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