No violence, no injuries. This was the credo of the robber Bruno Sulak, also nicknamed the “Arsène Lupine of robberies”. For seven years, this burglar, a former legionnaire, made the best cops in France go crazy.
An extravagant life staged by Mélanie Laurent in Librefilm available on Amazon Prime since Friday November 1st. It is Lucas Bravo (Emily in Paris) who plays the role of the robber, accompanied by Léa Luce Busato who plays Thalie, his lover and partner in crime. A life of wandering and complicity that the couple leads with their acolytes (Steve Tientcheu, Radivoje Bukvic) throughout their criminal operations.
The film does not fail to feature another important character in this affair which marked the annals of organized crime: that of Georges Moréas, the former head of the OCRB (Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime)performed by Yvan Attal. It was he who tracked down the robber, to the point of sharing a certain complicity with him, as the policeman himself recounts in the episode of The Hour of Crime dedicated to Bruno Sulak.
I had the impression, at one point (…) that he wanted to change his life.
Georges Moréas about Bruno Sulak
Several times, the robber taunts him in person. “I had the impression, at one point, since he called me several times (…) that he wanted to change his life. I don't mean that he was looking for advice , but a little bit, somewhere, because in his environment, he couldn't have any (…) he needed a neutral opinion“, remembers Georges Moréas at Jean-Alphonse Richard's microphone.
As evidenced by its modus operandi, Bruno Sulak does not have the profile of a lawless criminal. “He was someone who was quite shy, which is not often said,” adds the writer Philippe Jaenada, author of a work on the robber's journey. That is to say, someone who was not a big name, not necessarily sure of himself, who stuttered a little and yet did absolutely extraordinary things, heists of extraordinary audacity, and who nevertheless was someone kind, gentle”, describes the writer.
Beyond its evocative title, the film gives pride of place to this sentimental side of the character : obsessed with the idea of freedom, Bruno Sulak never stops wanting to protect his comrades – and especially the one he loves… to the point of doing everything to find her.
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