La Scoumoune
# La Scoumoune

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.

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

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

* Jean-Paul Belmondo : Roberto Borgo
* Claudia Cardinale : Georgia Saratov
* Michel Constantin : Xavier Saratov
* Enrique Lucero : Migli
* Alain Mottet : Ficelle
* Michel Peyrelon : Handsome Charlot
* Philippe Brizard : Fanfan
* Aldo Bufi Landi : Villanova
* Jacques Debary : Carl
* Gérard Depardieu : Burglar
* Marc Eyraud : Bonnaventure
* Andréa Ferréol : The angry prostitute
* Henri Vilbert : Graville
* Jacques Rispal: Monsieur Dubois
* Nicolas Vogel : Grégoire
* Jean-Claude Michel : The lawyer
* Dominique Zardi : The convict
* Pierre Collet : The prison director
* Luciano Catenacci
