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Vidocq (2001)

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Overview

Director:
Pitof
Writers:
François-Eugène Vidocq (memoirs)
Pitof (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 September 2001 (Belgium) more view trailer
Tagline:
The underworld has surfaced... more
Plot:
Paris. 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappeared as he fights the Alchemist... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
7 wins & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Gerard Depardieu Meets The Phantom more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gérard Depardieu ... Vidocq
Guillaume Canet ... Etienne Boisset
Inés Sastre ... Préah
André Dussollier ... Lautrennes
Edith Scob ... Sylvia
Moussa Maaskri ... Nimier
Jean-Pierre Gos ... Tauzet
Isabelle Renauld ... Marine Lafitte
Jean-Pol Dubois ... Belmont
André Penvern ... Veraldi
Gilles Arbona ... Lafitte
Jean-Marc Thibault ... Leviner
François Chattot ... Froissard
Elsa Kikoïne ... La muette
Fred Ulysse ... Le vieux souffleur
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexual content, nudity and some drug material.
Runtime:
100 min | Finland:98 min | Canada:93 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Duboicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bordeaux, Gironde, France more
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Company:
Canal+ more

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Trivia:
First feature film shot with the new Sony digital 1080p 24 fps cameras to reach the screen (a year before Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)). more
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References Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) more
Soundtrack:
Concerto for mandolin RV 532: Andante more

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11 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Gerard Depardieu Meets The Phantom, 29 December 2004
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Author: hokeybutt from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

VIDOCQ (3+ outta 5 stars) Visually impressive mystery/thriller taking place in France around the time of the French Revolution. Gerard Depardieu plays the title character, Vidocq, a brilliant criminologist who is on the trail of a mysterious caped villain who wears a mirrored mask. In the opening scene the villain knocks Vidocq into a fit of fire and a young journalist (Guillame Canet),who is writing a biography of Vidocq, traces the great detective's last steps to bring the mysterious caped figure to justice. So we get flashbacks to Vidocq's investigation inter-cut with the writer's search. Depardieu makes for an interesting hero... sort of a cross between Sherlock Holmes and a professional wrestler. (You rarely saw Holmes pick up a villain and hurl him across a room.) The computerized special effects look a lot better in this movie than they do in some bigger-budgeted Hollywood movies... the backgrounds all have a veneer of unreality about them and yet they are still convincing. The conclusion is not much of a surprise but the discovery of the villain's identity is still pretty satisfying.

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