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21 January 2009 (Belgium)
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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
(Credited cast) | 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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Special Correspondents (Europe: English title) (festival title)
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93 min
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Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)
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Un euro pour nos otages
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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.