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La Scoumoune

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La Scoumoune
Directed byJosé Giovanni
Screenplay byJosé Giovanni
Produced byRaymond Danon
StarringJean Paul Belmondo
Claudia Cardinale
CinematographyAndréas Winding
Edited byFrançoise Javet
Music byFrançois de Roubaix
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office1,966,700 admissions (France)[1]

La Scoumoune ("Bad luck") is a 1972 French film directed by José Giovanni, starring Jean Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale and Michel Constantin. It is an adaptation of Giovanni's novel L'Excommunié.[2]

La Scoumoune is a remake of a 1961 French movie, A Man Named Rocca, directed by Jean Becker, also based on Giovanni's novel and starring Belmondo in the same part.

Plot

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In the mid-1930s mobster Roberto La Rocca (Jean-Paul Belmondo) comes to Marseille to help his friend who was framed by the local crime bosses. Roberto is caught up in clashes between different gangs and as a result serves a long sentence in prison for the murder of several enemy gang members. Once in prison he begins to prepare his escape.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Box office information about film at Box Office Story
  2. ^ "Claudia Cardinale". Mymovies.it. Retrieved December 1, 2010.
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