title: La Scoumoune
text: # 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
  