Ca$h (2008)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Eric Besnard

Writer:

Eric Besnard (scenario)

Release Date:

23 April 2008 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Con Man | Vengeance | Diamond | Manipulation | Police

Cast

Jean Dujardin	...	Cash
Jean Reno	...	Maxime - Dubreuil
Valeria Golino	...	Julia
Alice Taglioni	...	Garance
François Berléand	...	François
Caroline Proust	...	Léa
Mehdi Nebbou	...	Vincent
Cyril Couton	...	Mickey
Eriq Ebouaney	...	Letallec
Ciarán Hinds	...	Barnes
Jocelyn Quivrin	...	Lebrun
Hubert Saint-Macary	...	Leblanc
Christian Hecq	...	Lardier
Joe Sheridan	...	Finley
Roger Dumas	...	Émile
Samir Guesmi	...	Fred
Christian Erickson	...	Kruger
Alain Figlarz	...	Le vrai mercenaire
Mark Grosy	...	Comparse Maxime #1
Samir Boitard	...	Comparse Maxime #2
Laurent Jumeaucourt	...	Comparse Maxime #3
Philippe Visconti	...	Comparse Maxime #4
Bruno Ricci	...	L'expert
Ludo Harley	...	Le fils de Cash (as Ludo Harlay)
Françoise Miquelis	...	La femme curiste
Paul Bandey	...	L'homme curiste
Christophe Rossignon	...	Le réceptionniste
Philippe Hérisson	...	L'homme du bus
Ilian Calaber	...	Un enfant joeur de billes
Hugues Boucher	...	L'homme d'affaires
Claudia Tagbo	...	La secrétaire #1
Sandra Reno	...	La secrétaire #2
Zofia Moreno	...	L'élégante
Bernard Cheron	...	Le jardinier
Sidney Wernicke	...	L'employé de l'hôtel
Steeve Gasparin	...	Le prof de gym
Christian Valsamidis	...	Inspecteur Europol
Emmanuelle Fossat	...	La fleuriste
Clovis Cornillac	...	Solal
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Didier Chabi	...	Malik
Stacey Kent	...	Performer (song "The Ice Hotel")

Directed by
Eric Besnard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eric Besnard		scenario

Produced by
Luc Bossi	....	associate producer
Patrice Ledoux	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Michel Bernard

Cinematography by
Gilles Henry

Film Editing by
Christophe Pinel

Casting by
Nathalie Cheron

Production Design by
Jacques Rouxel

Set Decoration by
Gérard Marcireau

Costume Design by
Madeline Fontaine

Makeup Department
Veronique Bosle	....	assistant hair stylist: dailies
Françoise Quilichini	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Margot Luneau	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Canal	....	first assistant director
Marie Legendre	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Lionel Callari	....	property master
Stephanie Laurent Delarue	....	second assistant art director
Thierry Rouxel	....	set dresser
Patrick Schmitt	....	first assistant art director

Sound Department
Marc-Antoine Beldent	....	sound editor
Marc-Antoine Beldent	....	sound
Matthieu Bricout	....	sound assistant
Matthieu Bricout	....	sound editor
Jean-Charles Liozu	....	sound mixer

Visual Effects by
Alain Bignet	....	digital compositor
Stephanie Broussaud	....	Lustre assistant
Anthony Charbonnier	....	digital compositor
Jean-Nicolas Costa	....	digital compositor
Nicolas Daniel	....	data manager: DUBOI
Thierry Delobel	....	visual effects supervisor
Bertrand de Saint Seine	....	digital compositor
Aurélien Grand	....	retouch and restoration
Guillaume Le Gouez	....	digital compositor
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects designer
Sarah Moreau	....	visual effects coordinator
Joel Pinto	....	digital compositor
Mikael Tanguy	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Jérôme Gaspard	....	stunt performer
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Loïc Andrieu	....	Steadicam operator
Kamel Belaïd	....	electrician
Matilde Blancke	....	set assistant camera
Mathieu Caudroy	....	Steadicam operator
Pierre-Louis de Stefano	....	grip
Antoni Dimundu	....	grip
Renaud Fidon	....	grip
Bertrand Follet	....	first assistant camera
Marion Koch	....	second assistant camera
David le Mevel	....	electrician
Philip Lozano	....	additional focus puller
Gilbert Lucido	....	key grip
Alexandra Massetti	....	electrician
Pierre Michaud	....	gaffer
Anne Nicolet	....	focus puller
Frederick Vanard	....	electrician

Casting Department
Sandra Marthon	....	casting: children
Sandra Marthon	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marie Bouvier	....	costume assistant
Sandrine Douat	....	wardrobe assistant
Marie Frémont	....	wardrobe supervisor
Justine Vivien	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Carlos Pinto	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Frédéric Junqua	....	music supervisor
Bruno Mercere	....	music recording mixer

Other crew
Lionel Berner	....	assistant location manager
Guillaume Lefrançois	....	assistant location manager

Production Companies

• Pulsar Productions

Distributors

• MG Film (2008) (Croatia) (all media)
• Hollywood Entertainment (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2008) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Duboicolor

Other Companies

• Aerial Camera Systems  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system

Runtime:

France:100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | France:U

Filming Locations:

Côte d'Azur, France

Company:

Pulsar Productions

Soundtrack:

The Ice Hotel

Not quite a "sting", but neither "THE Sting"!

The comparison is fateful - for better (as "unavoidable") and worse (as "suicidal"). The main fault lays in the characters (none has the perverse charm of Gondorff and Hooker) and in those parts of the script that depict the heists (not by far as ingenious as in the best movies of the genre, but neither as hair-pulled and flat as in the "Ocean..." series). Fortunately, the direction is fast-paced and stylish, so this saves the day more or less. And... okay, I won't spoil the ending, but one thing should be stated: it's totally unlikely. You do NOT pull such an elaborate farce, ONLY to send (...) screaming in a motor boat without fuel in the middle of the Mediterranean.

Further, the perpetual use of the trick "I'm not who you thought me to be" is hugely abused of, reminding rather of "The Pirates of the Caribbean". What really stands is the sparkling direction and the old-fashioned style, nostalgically recalling the end of the Seventies. For such a merry flick, it's positively refreshing.