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1. www.theparisreview.org › blog › 2014/12/12The Paris Review - Reading Jacques Mesrine’s Autobiography

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   Dec 12, 2014 · Her pet poodle died, too. And that was the end of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy number one. For nearly twenty years, Mesrine had humiliated the country’s judicial system with repeated high-profile bank robberies, murders, and daring prison escapes. But now the police had caught up to him.

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2. www.independent.co.uk › news › worldJacques Mesrine: Le grand gangster - The Independent

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   By 2 November 1979, following his 20-year career of bank robberies, murders and kidnappings in six countries and three continents, four prison escapes, two compelling books and a dozen...

3. www.francethisway.com › jacquesmesrineJacques Mesrine - French criminals - France This Way

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   Mesrine performed burglaries, jewellery shop and bank robberies, kidnappings and arms smuggling. He also killed many people, and boasted about 39 murders in total. On June 21, 1979 Mesrine kidnapped millionaire Henri Lelièvre and received a ransom of 6 million francs.

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt1259014Mesrine: Killer Instinct (2008) - IMDb

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   Mesrine: Killer Instinct -- the first of two parts -- charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), 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.

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   • Genre: Action, Biography, Crime

   • Director: Jean-François Richet
   • Release Date: 2008-10-22

5. whatculture.com › film › mesrine-now-thats-aMESRINE - NOW THAT'S A GANGSTER MOVIE... - WhatCulture

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   Aug 27, 2009 · Together they tell the story of legendary French gangster Jacques Mesrine, a ruthless crook and man of violence whose return from war in Algeria saw him shun a normal life in favour of the...

6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Mesrine_(2008_film)Mesrine (2008 film) - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

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   What is Mesrine's story?

   • Mesrine's story is 'to be continued' (in part two). The second film is about Mesrine's life from 1972 until 2 November 1979, the day of his death. The story starts back in 1972, with Mesrine returning to France after departing from Canada. He is now with Sylvie, who becomes his new girlfriend. He returns to Paris and commits more robberies.

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   Is Mesrine based on a true story?

   • 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.

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   What happened to Jacques Mesrine?

   • And that was the end of Jacques Mesrine, France’s public enemy number one. For nearly twenty years, Mesrine had humiliated the country’s judicial system with repeated high-profile bank robberies, murders, and daring prison escapes. But now the police had caught up to him. His bloodied corpse laid limp in his car, left out for the paparazzi.

   The Paris Review - Reading Jacques Mesrine’s Autobiography

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   Did France have enough Jacques René Mesrine?

   • By 2 November 1979, following his 20-year career of bank robberies, murders and kidnappings in six countries and three continents, four prison escapes, two compelling books and a dozen self-dramatising press interviews, the French state had had quite enough of Jacques René Mesrine.

   Jacques Mesrine: Le grand gangster - The Independent

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   Who is Jacques Mesrine?

   • "C'est qui, Mesrine?" 'Death Instinct' is in cinemas on Friday; 'Public Enemy Number One' is released 28 August He claimed to have killed 39 people in his deadly career – and blamed his crimes on the French state. As two new films put Jacques Mesrine's grizzly life story on screen, John Lichfield unmasks the man behind the bloody myth

   Jacques Mesrine: Le grand gangster - The Independent

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   Who is Jacques Mesrine in Killer Instinct?

   • Mesrine: Killer Instinct: Directed by Jean-François Richet. With Vincent Cassel, Cécile de France, Gérard Depardieu, Gilles Lellouche. The story of the notorious French gangster Jacques Mesrine, with the focus on his life before the early 1970s and the events that led to him being declared Public Enemy No. 1 in France.

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8. classx.org › jacques-mesrine-the-kamikaze-of-crimeJacques Mesrine: The Kamikaze of Crime – ClassX

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   The lesson on Jacques Mesrine, often referred to as the “Kamikaze of Crime,” chronicles the life of a notorious criminal whose journey culminated in his violent death on November 2, 1979.