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Writers:
Jacques Labib (writer)
Simon Michaël (writer)
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Release Date:
21 January 2009 (Belgium) more
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Plot:
France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq, but only the victims know the crime has been faked. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Gérard Lanvin ... Frank Bonneville
Gérard Jugnot ... Albert Poussin
Omar Sy ... Jimmy
Valérie Kaprisky ... Françoise Poussin
Anne Marivin ... Claire Monier
Serge Hazanavicius ... Jacques Maillard
Laurent Gerra ... Francis Bunel
Eric Naggar ... Jean Kowalski
Frédérique Tirmont ... La Ministre des Affaires étrangères
Guillaume Durand ... Régis Roche
Bertrand Lacy ... Ravier
Farouk Benalleg ... Kader
Niddal El Mellouhi ... Le garde baffeur
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Matthew Géczy
Jean-Louis Tilburg ... Le technicien son de R2I
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Also Known As:
Special Correspondents (Europe: English title) (festival title)
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Runtime:
93 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)

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Un euro pour nos otages more

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Movie not all that special, 8 October 2009
6/10
Author: Karl Self from Yurp

Envoyés très spéciaux ("Very Special Correspondents") is a solid, but also somewhat predictable comedy about two French radio reporters -- namely, suave journalist Frank and his impish tech-guy Albert. When they mess up their big assignment to report from Iraq, they pretend to report from the war zone although they're actually hiding out in gay Paree until the whole thing blows over. Next they have to pretend they've been hijacked while the entire country rallies to the support of their hero reporters -- forcing them to leave their comfortable hideout and actually go to "the real deep sh*t" in Mesopotamia -- where they are promptly hijacked for real. So it's probably not the best time for Frank to tell his buddy a pretty sticky secret ...

On the upside, the movie offers great acting and cinematography, and a very professional production, but its downsides are the uninspired script and the middle-of-the-road direction. This wasn't a movie I couldn't have afford to have missed. In particular, it misses out an a great chance for a long-overdue scathing satire of the global news business.

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