La Scoumoune (1972)
- Directed by
- José Giovanni
- Genre
- drama film, prison film, crime film
- Country
- France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- R18+
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 134 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows a man who returns to Marseille to help a friend imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. He faces off against a powerful mobster while trying to protect a woman caught in the middle.
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What happens
La Scoumoune (lit. 'Evil Eye') is a 1972 film directed by José Giovanni. It stars Jean Paul Belmondo, Claudia Cardinale and Michel Constantin. It is an adaptation of Giovanni's novel L'Excommunié. La Scoumoune is a remake of a 1961 film A Man Named Rocca, directed by Jean Becker, also based on Giovanni's novel and starring Belmondo in the same part. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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