Special Correspondents
(2009)
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Special Correspondents
(2009)
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| Gérard Jugnot | ... |
Albert Poussin
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| Gérard Lanvin | ... |
Frank Bonneville
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| Omar Sy | ... |
Jimmy
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| Valérie Kaprisky | ... |
Françoise Poussin
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| Anne Marivin | ... |
Claire Monier
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| Serge Hazanavicius | ... |
Jacques Maillard
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Laurent Gerra | ... |
Francis Bunel
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Eric Naggar | ... |
Jean Kowalski
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Frédérique Tirmont | ... |
La Ministre des Affaires étrangères
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Guillaume Durand | ... |
Régis Roche
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Bertrand Lacy | ... |
Ravier
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Farouk Benalleg | ... |
Kader
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Niddal El Mellouhi | ... |
Le garde baffeur
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François Alquier | ... |
Admirateur de R2I
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Zeida Attali | ... |
La secrétaire Virginie
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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.
Special Correspondents follows in the successful tradition of French farces, many of which have been adapted by Hollywood. This time we have a radio reporter who, together with a bumbling technician, are given a mission to go to Iraq to cover the ongoing conflict. However they manage to lose the air tickets & the expenses money and, faced with the prospect of ridicule & shame, they decide to hide in Paris & send reports from an "Iraq" created in a friend's house. This leads to many hilarious complications and situations. Special Correspondents uses a clever idea quite successfully, milking a generous quantity of laugh out loud moments from it. Performances are fine and surely it won't be long before a US remake appears.