What rules? In this business there’s only one rule – the rule of the jungle. ibid.
The End of the Run for Bonnie Schneider and Clyde Mesrine! ibid. La Province headline
Public Enemy No. 1. ibid. Montreal-Matin headline
Jean-Paul Mercier was killed by Canadian police two days later during the bank robbery. ibid. caption
You’re confessing to the robbery and the murder attempt? Mesrine: Public Enemy No 1 2008 starring Vincent Cassel & Ludivine Sagnier & Michel Duchaussoy & Myriam Boyer & Mathieu Amalric & Gerard Lanvin & Samuel le Bihan & Olivier Gourmet & Anne Consigny & Georges Wilson et al, director Jean-Francois Richet, rozzer
Jacques Mesrine must be considered as Public Enemy Number One. ibid. television news
That’s the way I was born. ibid. Jacques to father
In the eyes of the nation I am a star. ibid. Jacques
Ginger nut, take these handcuffs off now! Un Prophete [A Prophet] 2009 starring Tahar Rahim & Niels Arestrup & Adel Bencherif & Reda Kateb & Hichem Yacoubi & Jean-Philippe Ricci & Gilles Cohen & Antoine Basler & Leila Bekhti et al, prisoner opening line
From Cesar Luciani: you’re now under his protection. ibid. bloke
I’ve known you five years: you are the only man for this job. Classic. Easy. No risk. If done right. Le Cercle Rouge 1970 starring Alain Delon & Andre Bourvil & Gian Maria Volonte & Yves Montand & Paul Crauchet & Paul Amiot & Pierre Collet & Andre Ekyan & Jean-Pierre Posier & Francois Perier et al, director Jean-Pierre Melville, screw to Corey
Only one fence can handle this kind of merchandise. He has to agree first. ibid. Corey
Sensational Place Vendme Heist: Daring burglars make off with 20 million in jewels. ibid. newspaper headline
[Mappin &] Webb? You’re nuts. Why not the Bank of France? Du Rififi Chez Les Hommes 1955 starring Jean Servais & Carl Mohner & Jules Dassin & Marcel Lupovici & Robert Hossein & Pierre Grasset & Marie Sabouret & Dominique Maurin et al, director Jules Dassin, Tony to Jo & Mario
The job interests me after all. ibid. Tony to Jo
Get caught with a rod and it’s the slammer for life. ibid. Tony to Jo & Mario
The rocks in the window are chicken feed. We gotta go for the real thing. The jackpot. The safe! ibid.
There is no greater solitude than the Samurai’s. Le Samourai 1967 starring Alain Delon & Francois Perier & Nathalie Delon & Cathy Rosier & Jacques Leroy & Michael Boisrond & Robert Favart & Jean-Pierre Posier & Catherine Joudan et al, director Jean-Pierre Melville, opening caption
I never lose. Lose completely. ibid. Jef to card players
One could say if you were the guy the police want, the killer always returns to the scene of the crime. ibid. barman to Jef
Dramatic news of the man responsible for the world’s biggest bank robbery in Nice last year when thieves got away with a sum believed by police to be as much as $25 million. Apparently, while the criminal was being questioned in a Nice courtroom building this morning, he jumped from a second floor window and escaped. Sewers of Gold aka The Great Riviera Bank Robbery aka Dirty Money 1979 starring Ian McShane & Warren Clarke & Stephen Greif & Christopher Malcolm & Nigel Humphreys & Eric Mason & Matthew Long & Alain Guano & Barry Lowe & Jonathan Elsom & Arnold Diamond et al, director Francis Megahy
In time the Left will destroy itself by internal dissent. ibid. fascist council
Do you think the Reds are satisfied with just what they got, just what they’ve got and where they are? They’re threatening to overrun us now. I am one of the people that is going to stamp out that threat. We’ll smash them once and for all. ibid.
Board the 8.22 ... Pick someone my height and build and make them believe it’s me. The Tourist 2010 starring Angelina Jolie & Johnny Depp & Paul Bettany & Steven Berkoff & Timothy Dalton & Rufus Sewell & Chistian de Sica & Alessio Boni et al, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
The man you are talking about is called Alexander Pearce. He stole big money from a gangster. They have come to Venice to find him. ibid. rozzer to Depp
I don’t like easy set-ups. Six years ago was easy too. Le Doulos 1962 starring Jean-Paul Belmondo & Serge Reggiani & Philippe Nahon & Monique Hennessy & Jean Desailly & Rene Lefevre & Phillipe March & Michel Piccoli et al, director Jean-Pierre Melville, Maurice
Maybe I’ll find some place where cops and robbers don’t exist. ibid. Maurice
Sometimes it helps to spill your guts to a stranger. Shoot the Piano Player 1960 starring Charles Aznavour & Marie Dubois & Nicole Berger & Michele Mercier & Serge Davri & Claude Mansard & Richard Kanayan & Albert Remy & Jean-Jacques Aslanian et al, director Francois Truffaut, opening scene
That’s the trouble with the world: nobody can be bothered. ibid. brother in trouble
I think she began to despise me when I became successful. ibid. Charlie
A woman is pure, delicate, fragile. Woman is supreme. Woman is magic. ibid. Plyne
Got a looter under arrest. A minor. La Haine 1995 starring Vincent Cassel & Hubert Kounde & said Taghmaoui & Marc Duret & Abdel Ahmed Ghili & Francois Levantal & Tadek Lokcinski & Solo & Heloise Rauth & Choukri Gabteni & Benoit Magimel et al, director Mathieu Kassovitz, rozzer’s radio
Your mother drinks Bud! ibid. gangster insult to evicting official
It’s hopeless. Once I could talk to the kids. No more. ibid. rozzer
Officials now admit that a policeman lost his gun in the riot last night. ibid. television news
You’re just one guy. You can’t blow ’em all away. ibid. Hubert
How you fall doesn’t matter. It’s how you land. ibid. closing commentary
Do I give a fuck? I shit on ’em all. Baise Moi 2000 starring Karen Lancaume & Raffaela Anderson & Celine Beugnot & Adama Niame & Christophe Claudy Landry & Delphine McCarty et al, directors Virginie Despentes & Coralie Trinh Thi, Manu
Bastards like you always have to hit someone to feel alive. ibid.
We’ll follow our star and let rip the motherfucker side of our soul. ibid. Manu
People are dying; the monologue has to be up to it. ibid.
The fucking condom dickhead killers. ibid.
Rozzer #1: Two handguns, coke, cash and some papers Philippe’s looking at.
Rozzer #2: Yeah, and this too – blank car registrations. Paris Lockdown 2007 starring Benoit Magimel & Philippe Caubere & Beatrice Dalle & Olivier Marchal & Mehdi Nebbou & Tomer Sisley & Ludovic Schoendoerffer & Anne Marivin, director Frederic Schoendoerffer
I think you look like an accountant. Buffet Froid 1979 starring Gerard Depardieu & Bernard Blier & Jean Carmet & Liliane Rovere & Carole Bouquet & Denise Gence & Marco Perrin & Jean Benguigui & Jean Rougerie & Bernard Crombey et al, director Bertrand Blier, Alphonse to bloke on tube platform
Well, don’t you ever think of killing anyone? ibid.
Don’t you believe it. It’s exhausting doing nothing. ibid.
The concrete is driving us crazy! The empty lots! The inhuman world around us! The monstrous soulless city! ibid. the murderer
I will find you. And I will kill you. Taken 2008 starring Liam Neeson & Maggie Grace & Famke Janssen & Katie Cassidy & Leland Orser & Jon Gries & David Warshofsky & Holly Valance & Xander Berkeley & Olivier Rabourdin & Gerard Watkins et al, director Pierre Morel
I work in real estate. I plant rats in buildings, cut off the water and power. Sometimes me and my pals go in with baseball bats and force people out of their homes. The Beat that My Heart Skipped 2005 starring Romain Duris & Niels Arestrup & Jonathan Zaccai & Gilles Cohen & Linh dan Pham & Jian-Zhang & Aure Atika & Emmanuelle Devos & Anton Yakolev et al, director Jacuqes Audiard