1. - Paul Frankeur, Le deuxieme souffle, France, 1966. A tres off-beat idea…. As the José Giovanni novel changed hands - producers, directors, backers - Rossi (a singer in movies since 1934) was set to be the policier gestapiste, Inspectopr Fardiano. For a wee while. Rossi had already offered a gangster by scenarist-director Carlo Rim. “He wanted a film noir, but he preferred romances.”