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Director:
Jan Kounen
Writer:
Joël Houssin
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Release Date:
18 June 1997 (France) See more »
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller See more »
Plot:
The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers... See more » | Add synopsis »
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NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
Kounen To Direct Animated "Windwalkers"
 (From Dark Horizons. 8 June 2011, 6:48 AM, PDT)
Sci-fi Adventure 3D Animated Windwalkers – Chronicle of the 34th Horde
 (From Filmofilia. 7 June 2011, 1:34 AM, PDT)
Vincent Cassel To Star In Costa-Gavras’ Le Capital
 (From CriterionCast. 27 May 2011, 5:15 PM, PDT)
User Reviews:
Cartoonish, loud french version of Natural Born Killers! See more (83 total) »

Cast

  (in credits order)

Vincent Cassel ... Yann 'Dobermann' Le Pentrec

Tchéky Karyo ... Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini

Monica Bellucci ... Nathalie / Nat the gipsy
Antoine Basler ... Jean-Claude Ayache, dit "Moustique"
Dominique Bettenfeld ... Elie Frossard, dit "l'abbé"
Pascal Demolon ... Lefèvre
Marc Duret ... Inspecteur Baumann

Romain Duris ... Manu
François Levantal ... Leo
Ivan Merat-Barboff ... Silverberg
Stéphane Metzger ... Olivier Brachet, dit Sonia
Chick Ortega ... Jacky 'Pitbull' Sueur
Patrick Rocca ... Commissaire Clodarec
Florence Thomassin ... Florence
Roland Amstutz ... Jo Hell (Oncle Joe vieux)
Jean Lescot ... Le père de Sonia / Sonia's father
Arnaud Arbessier ... Oncle Joe jeune
José Camacho ... Le père de Dob (as Jo Camacho)
Jean-François Catton ... Le directeur de la banque
Rodolph Freytt ... Un convoyeur
Attica Guedj ... La mère de Sonia
Marcel Leguilloux ... Le curé (as Marcel Le Guilloux)
Laura Mañá ... Victoria
Bruno Richard ... L'adjoint du directeur de la banque
Francia Seguy ... La cliente âgée de la banque

Virginie Arnaud ... La pute frappée
Marc Baschet ... Le clochard

Affif Ben Badra ... Le mac (as Afif Ben Badra)
Lucie Bizart ... Dobermann bébé
Frédéric Camus ... Le barman
Marc Caro ... Le flic mitrailleur miraculé
Elle Chocho ... Un travesti chez "Joe Hell"
Anthéa Cintract ... Une danseuse
Gilles Conseil ... Le motard Rainer G
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philippe Guégan ... Le convoyeur volant
Patrick Lambert

Gaspar Noé ... Le marchand de merguez casher / Stunned Bypasser
Carméla Valente ... La mère de Dob
Jan Kounen ... Man at bank (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jan Kounen 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Joël Houssin 

Produced by
Marc Baschet .... producer
Frédérique Dumas-Zajdela .... producer
Éric Névé .... producer
 
Original Music by
Brune  (as Schyzomaniac)
Jean-Jacques Hertz 
Philippe Mallier 
François Roy 
Schyzomaniac 
 
Cinematography by
Michel Amathieu 
 
Film Editing by
Bénédicte Brunet 
Eric Carlier (co-editor)
 
Casting by
Pierre-Jacques Bénichou 
 
Production Design by
Michel Barthélémy 
 
Costume Design by
Chattoune 
 
Production Management
Bachir Arfaoui .... assistant unit manager
Emmanuel Jacquelin .... production manager
Susanna Lo .... unit production manager
Roxanne Pinheiro .... assistant production manager
Laurent Sivot .... unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Campi-Lemaire .... third assistant director
Sébastien Deux .... third assistant director
 
Art Department
Boris Piot .... swing gang
 
Sound Department
Eric Chevallier .... sound recordist
Jean-Paul Hurier .... sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier .... sound re-recording mixer
Richard Shorr .... sound designer
Richard Shorr .... supervising sound editor
Catherine Trouillet .... adr supervisor
 
Special Effects by
Alice Moine .... special effects technician
Guy Monbillard .... special effects technician
 
Visual Effects by
Francois Launet .... visual effects artist
Gaston Marcotti .... digital artist
Eric Vidal .... digital compositor
 
Stunts
Affif Ben Badra .... stunts (as Afif Ben Badra)
Michel Bouis .... stunts
Jean-Claude Braquet .... stunts
Alain Brochery .... stunts
Gilles Conseil .... stunts
Pascal Guégan .... stunts
Christian Hening .... stunts
Antoine Marcon .... stunts
Christophe Moindreau .... stunts
Patrick Médioni .... stunts
Cyril Raffaelli .... stunts
Olivier Vitrant .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Victor Abadia .... electrician
Boris Bourgois .... grip
Stéphane Martin .... assistant camera
Fabienne Octobre .... first assistant camera
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sandrine Langen .... wardrobe
Sylvie Ong .... wardrobe mistress
 
Editorial Department
Eric LeGarçon .... assistant editor
Yvan Lucas .... color timer
 
Music Department
Guennady Dmitryak .... musical director: chorus
Jean-Jacques Hertz .... musician: keyboards, guitars, electronic and acoustic bass
Jean-Jacques Milteau .... musician: mouth organ, "Woosh!!" and "Bang..."
Rick Wentworth .... musical director
 
Transportation Department
Youcef Djedra .... unit driver
 
Other crew
Aude Boedec .... production coordinator
Olivia Bruynoghe .... script supervisor
Charlotte Girard .... unit trainee
Charles Senard .... unit trainee
Philippe Valentin .... head production accountant
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive strong violence and language, and for drug use and sexuality
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
103 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | English | Spanish
Color:
Black and White | Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:18 (nf) | Ireland:(Banned) | Italy:VM14 | Mexico:C | Norway:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | South Korea:18
Filming Locations:
Canal de l'Ourcq, Paris 19, Paris, FranceSee more »
Company:
Canal+See more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Director Cameo: [Jan Kounen]man trapped in the bank doorsSee more »
Quotes:
Yann Le Pentrec aka Dobermann:[shoving Cristini's head out of the high speed moving car onto the road] Free shave tonightSee more »
Movie Connections:
References Trainspotting (1996)See more »
Soundtrack:
Voodoo PeopleSee more »

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10 out of 17 people found the following review useful.
Cartoonish, loud french version of Natural Born Killers!, 20 February 2006
Author: Mino

The movie looks like the project from film-school( in a good way) of a very talented student. You can immediately recognize the influences of Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Tarantino and Asian action cinema, as well as french action films(especially the french humor). The director uses pretty much every trick in the book, including CGI in the Dobermann sequence at the beginning of the movie and over-all seems not to be sure what technique to stick with. The action scenes, which are numerous are very well done but some in-between scenes and dialog are not very articulate, and a bit hard to follow. The movie is a loud(soundtrack includes The Prodigy), action-pumped and colorful account of a heist organized by bad-ass Dobermann(Vincent Cassel) and his girl Nat the gypsy(Monica Bellucci) with their gang, and the events that follow, when psychotic inspector Sauveur Cristini (Tchéky Karyo) picks up the chase.

Vincent Cassel is brilliant as the violent criminal lead, in a Michael Madsen/Christopher Walken cross interpretation, as is Tchéky Karyo as the English one-liner dropping psychotic and violent cop, and Monica Bellucci is more violent and beautiful than ever playing a deaf-mute gypsy.

Tough, rough, stylish and explicit.

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