The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2008)
"Largo Winch" (original title)

After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.

Director:

Jérôme Salle

Writers:

Julien Rappeneau (screenplay), Jérôme Salle (screenplay),

Stars:

Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Predrag Manojlovic

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tomer Sisley	...	Largo Winch
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Ann Ferguson
Predrag Manojlovic	...	Nerio Winch (as Miki Manojlovic)
Mélanie Thierry	...	Léa / Naomi
Gilbert Melki	...	Freddy
Karel Roden	...	Mikhail Korsky
Steven Waddington	...	Stephan Marcus
Anne Consigny	...	Hannah
Rasha Bukvic	...	Goran (as Radivoje Bukvic)
Nicolas Vaude	...	Gauthier
Benedict Wong	...	Wiliam Kwan
Gérard Watkins	...	Cattaneo
Wolfgang Pissors	...	Attinger
Theodore Thomas	...	Greenfield (as Ted Thomas)
David Gasman	...	Alexander Meyer

Storyline

Billionaire Nerio Winch is found dead, drowned. An obviously suspicious death as Nerio is the founder and majority shareholder of the powerful and sprawling W Group. Who will inherit this financial empire? Officially, Nerio had no family. But he had a secret he kept well-hidden: a son, Largo, adopted nearly thirty years before from a Bosnian orphanage. The only problem is this young heir has just been thrown in prison deep in the Amazon. Accused of drug trafficking, he claims he's innocent. Nerio murdered. Largo in prison. What if these two events were part of a plot to take control of the Winch empire?

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Plot Keywords:

based on graphic novel | hong kong | based on comic | wilhelm scream | based on comic book | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Music Box Films [us] Official Facebook [fr]

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French English Serbian Portuguese

Release Date:

17 December 2008 (France)

Also Known As:

The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch

Filming Locations:

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Box Office

Budget:

€24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,360 (USA) (18 November 2011)

Gross:

$7,621 (USA) (9 December 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pan Européenne Production, Wild Bunch, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Two Brazilian twin brothers who were extras on the film sold their car to buy a plane ticket and continue the shoot in Hong Kong.

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Goofs

In the scene where Largo confronts Goran on the terrace, the fictional Winch Building is visible in the cityscape. In the next shots and during the fight, the building disappears.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Man: [whipping her] Bitch! Who do you think you are?

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Connections

Version of Largo Winch: Legacy (2001)

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Soundtracks

"Milo moje"
(uncredited)
Written by Kornelije Kovac and Dusan Radovic
Performed by Bisera Veletanlic

User Reviews

Great movie but not in the Hollywood style.

I just can't read all those comments. You are complying that this movie isn't similar to Batman, Superman or James Bond? It's very disappointing that US rating is at 6 points. You liked District 8 - strange camera views and shaking hands, You like Tarantino with his time jumping scenes, and You are complain about movie that has both features. For me, Largo Wintch is real. It isn't a guy who uses laser weapons and flying cars loaded witch tons of explosives. He can't fly - it's an issue. He is in jail, and doesn't want to be rescued by cash - money isn't everything - movie says (at least few times). That movie carries a huge emotional load. I think that this film is voted so low, because it doesn't fit to classic Hollywood scenario of action movies like Superman, X-man e.t.c. Largo is to real, so any complaints are about his way of getting out of trouble.

I was enjoying this film from the beginning to the end. It was unpredictable, well played and well showed. At the end, i didn't know that comic book was precursor.