Point Blank (2010) À bout portant (original title)

Director:

Fred Cavayé

Writers:

Fred Cavayé (scenario) &
Guillaume Lemans (scenario)

Release Date:

1 December 2010 (France)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Plot:

Samuel Pierret (Gilles Lellouche) is a nurse who saves the wrong guy -- a thief (Roschdy Zem) whose...

Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Criminal | Hospital | Subway | Pregnant Wife

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Gilles Lellouche	...	Samuel Pierret
Roschdy Zem	...	Hugo Sartet
Gérard Lanvin	...	Commandant Patrick Werner
Elena Anaya	...	Nadia Pierret
Mireille Perrier	...	Commandant Fabre
Claire Pérot	...	Capitaine Anaïs Susini
Moussa Maaskri	...	Capitaine Vogel
Pierre Benoist	...	Capitaine Mercier
Valérie Dashwood	...	Capitaine Moreau
Virgile Bramly	...	Capitaine Mansart
Nicky Naudé	...	Capitaine Richert (as Nicky Naude)
Adel Bencherif	...	Luc Sartet
Vincent Colombe	...	Interne de garde
Chems Dahmani	...	Aide-soignant
Grégoire Bonnet	...	Jaffart, chef DPJ
Brice Fournier	...	Marconi
Patrice Guillain	...	Capitaine Auclert
Max Morel	...	Max Collet
Diane Stolojan	...	Témoin bus 1
David Saada	...	Témoin bus 2
Arnaud Maillard	...	Agent RATP
Laurence Pollet-Villard	...	Gynécologue
Julie Mouamma	...	Infirmière
Bénédicte Dessombz	...	Réceptionniste hôpital
Grégoire Guist'hau	...	Journaliste interview aide-soignant
Sylvia Amicone	...	Journaliste LCI
Frédéric Kontogom	...	Agent PC sécurité hôpital
Dorothée Tavernier	...	Policière uniforme
Bertrand Disset	...	Policier escalier
Jean-Charles Rousseau	...	Policier flashball 1
Frédéric Dessains	...	Policier flashball 2 (as Fred Dessains)
Sebastien Vandenberghe	...	Policier barrage Samuel
Jean Selesko	...	Policier salle de contrôle
Sylvain Maury	...	Prévenu travesti
Marie-Catherine Soyer	...	Léa (7 ans)
Léa Philippe	...	Cousine Léa
Angelo Aybar	...	Victor Spattoni
Jacques Colliard	...	Francis Meyer
Frans Boyer	...	Capitaine Marek
Philippe Couerre	...	Fils Meyer
Eric Malo	...	Homme de main
Arnaud Klein	...	Capitaine équipe Fabre
Jade Breidi	...	Capitaine équipe Fabre 2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robin De Lano	...	Capitaine Anaïs Susini (voice)
Cedric Cirotteau	...	Flic civil Quai des Orfèvres (uncredited)
Renée Fleming	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Fred Cavayé

Writing credits
Fred Cavayé		(scenario) &
Guillaume Lemans		(scenario)

Produced by
Jeremy Burdek	....	co-producer
Cyril Colbeau-Justin	....	producer
Serge de Poucques	....	co-producer
Jean-Baptiste Dupont	....	producer
David Giordano	....	executive producer
Sylvain Goldberg	....	co-producer (as Sylvain Golberg)
Nadia Khamlichi	....	co-producer
Adrian Politowski	....	co-producer
Gilles Waterkeyn	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by
Alain Duplantier

Film Editing by
Benjamin Weill

Casting by
Olivier Carbone

Production Design by
Philippe Chiffre

Set Decoration by
Ariane Audouard

Costume Design by
Marie-Laure Lasson

Makeup Department
Catherine Bruchon	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Anne Giraudau	....	production manager
Capucine Grelardon	....	assistant unit manager
Véronique Marchand	....	post-production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bonnie Pirès	....	second assistant director
Arnaud Rivaille	....	third assistant director
Camille Servignat	....	additional assistant director
Michael Viger	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Arthur Beaudoin	....	trainee set designer
Khadija Ben Mustapha	....	set dresser
Frédéric Cambon	....	assistant art director
Nicolas Decaux	....	supervising rigger
Gaël Langlais	....	swing gang
Anthony Lecomte	....	trainee set designer
Nicolas Raffy	....	property master
Nicolas Romand	....	set dresser
Félix Roue	....	swing gang
Christian Vallat	....	assistant art director
Uriel Zylberman	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Anael Barnaud	....	boom operator
Mélanie Blouin	....	assistant sound editor
Katia Boutin	....	dialogue editor
Laurent Cercleux	....	boom operator
Nicolas Dambroise	....	sound editor
Marc Doisne	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alain Féat	....	supervising sound editor
Florent Lavallée	....	adr recordist
Benjamin Lécuyer	....	recorder
Benoit Maerens	....	sound assistant
Pierre Mertens	....	sound engineer
Simon Poupard	....	sound mix technician
Olivier Thys	....	assistant foley artist
Philippe van Leer	....	foley artist

Visual Effects by
Benjamin Ageorges	....	visual effects supervisor
Stephane Bidault	....	visual effects supervisor
Olivier Blanchet	....	digital artist
Nicolas Delbecq	....	on set supervisor
Jean-Antoine Lacolle	....	digital compositor
Paul Moriaux	....	digital artist
Bruno Nicolas	....	digital artist
Arnaud Ortmann	....	digital artist
François Poupon	....	visual effects artist
Amélie Rey	....	visual effects coordinator
Adrien Servadio	....	digital artist
Christian Tomikowski	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Alain Barbier	....	stunts
Affif Ben Badra	....	stunts
Christian Bergner	....	stunts
Carlos Bonelli	....	stunts
Michel Bouis	....	stunts
Frans Boyer	....	stunts
Damien Buffard	....	stunts
Gaëlle Cohen	....	stunt trainer
Gilles Conseil	....	stunt coordinator
Jean-Jacques Domingues	....	stunt driver
Marion Dupré	....	stunt driver
Sylvain Gabet	....	stunts (stunt double)
Jean Girard	....	stunts
Stephane Girondeaud	....	stunt double
Vincent Haquin	....	stunts
Vladimir Houbart	....	stunt driver
Francois Hulard	....	stunts
Sébastien Labie	....	stunts
Philippe Lecompt	....	stunts
Alban Lenoir	....	stunts
Christophe Marsaud	....	stunts
Philippe Millot	....	stunts
Jean-Michel Mièle	....	stunts
Philippe Morel	....	stunts
Laurent Mulot	....	stunt driver
Patrick Médioni	....	stunts
Louis-Marie Nyee	....	stunts
Patrick Portheault	....	stunt driver
Frédéric Quenanain	....	stunts
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Jean-Charles Rousseau	....	stunt double: Gerard Lanvin
Loïc Saintilan	....	stunt driver
Eric Tatin	....	stunts
Frédéric Vallet	....	stunts
Gunther Van Severen	....	stunts (as Gunther Vanseveren)

Camera and Electrical Department
Boris Abaza	....	additional first assistant camera
Nouredyne Amroun	....	first assistant camera
Joan Bansillon	....	grip
Franck Barrault	....	gaffer
François Bert	....	key grip
Eric Blanckaert	....	first assistant camera (segments)
Michel Bouquerel	....	electrician
Thomas Brémond	....	photographer
Olivier Chardonnet	....	grip
Marine Delcourt	....	assistant camera
Marine Goujet	....	second assistant camera
Olivier Hermant	....	grip
Malek Krimed	....	first assistant camera
Hans Krumenacker	....	electrician
Perrotte Lara	....	camera trainee
Thomas Lerebour	....	second assistant camera
Alfonso Lopez de la Fuente	....	grip
Yvan Quehec	....	rigging gaffer
David Reinhard	....	daily first assistant camera
Antoine Sanier	....	b camera operator
Antoine Sanier	....	first assistant camera
Gabin Siol	....	additional grip
Geoffrey Thiery	....	grip

Casting Department
Samia Fadli	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Alexia Crisp-Jones	....	wardrobe
Claire Lacaze	....	key costumer
Sylvie Néant	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Myriam Coën	....	digital conformation
Sophia Del-Vecchio	....	digital conformation
Mickael Dumontier	....	additional assistant editor
David Magalhaes	....	telecine dailies colorist
Marjolaine Mispelaere	....	colorist
Flora Volpelière	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Jean-Pierre Arquie	....	music consultant
Klaus Badelt	....	score mixer
Klaus Badelt	....	score producer
Christopher Carmichael	....	composer: additional music
Simone de Leuw	....	score production manager
Guang-Ying Feng	....	orchestrator (as Guang-Ying Feng)
Ian Honeyman	....	composer: additional music
Robyn Klein	....	executive in charge of music
Yue-Song Li	....	orchestra recordist (as Yue-Song Li)
Dragan Petrovic	....	score technical assistant
Andrew Raiher	....	composer: additional music
Daniel Rojas	....	score technical advisor
Seth Woodard	....	score technical assistant
Ge-Fang Yang	....	orchestra contractor: China (as Frank Ge-Fang Yang)
Nai-When Zhang	....	music technical support (as Tom Nai-When Zhang)
Naiwen Zhang	....	music technical support (as Tom Nai-When Zhang)

Other crew
Delphine Boulay	....	travelling car
Stéphane Boulay	....	travelling car
Ghislaine Cauet-Martinotto	....	production coordinator
Alexia Chassot	....	assistant script supervisor
Laurence Couturier	....	script supervisor
Pierre Philippe Hendrickx	....	legal advisor: Belgium
Caroline Ifrah	....	lawyer
François-Régis Jeanne	....	epk director
Stephane Lieser	....	lawyer
Martin Metz	....	production executive
François Pujol	....	location scout
Iwona Sellers	....	production executive

Thanks
Christian Riffard	....	thanks

Production Companies

• LGM Productions (as LGM Films) (co-production)
• Gaumont (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• K.R. Productions (co-production)
• Nexus Factory (in association with)
• uFilm (in association with)
• Canal+ (with the participation of)
• TPS Star (with the participation of)

Distributors

• Gaumont International (2010) (worldwide) (all media)
• Gaumont (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Broadmedia Studios (2011) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• MVP Entertainment (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Magnolia Pictures (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2010) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Vertigo Films (2011) (UK) (theatrical) (limited)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2011) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Dark Light Media (2010) (China) (all media)
• EDKO Film (2012) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Koch Media (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Odeon (2011) (Greece) (all media)
• One Movie (2011) (Italy) (all media)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2012) (Portugal) (all media)
• uDream (2011) (Belgium) (DVD)

Other Companies

• uFund  funding
• Cinésyl  grip and lighting equipment
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Film Music Services  composer's agency
• Studio Line  post-production sound services (ADR)
• TSF.be-ATHALYS  camera equipment provided by
• TSF.be-ATHALYS  grip and lighting equipment
• Theme Park Studios  score mixed at (as Theme Park Studios, Santa Monica)
• Xin Ying Film Studios  score recorded at (as Xin Ying Film Studio, Beijing)

Also Known As:

"À bout portant" - France (original title)

MPAA:

rated R for strong violence and some language

Runtime:

France:84 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | France:U (with warning) | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:15A | Japan:PG12 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | Australia:MA15+ | Portugal:M/16 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15

Company:

LGM Productions

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Samuel tries to wake up Hugo, in a shot across the corridor in the renovated hospital floor, a face can be seen on the left behind a door, looking down and talking. (around 19'30")

Movie Connections:

References Diva (1981)

Soundtrack:

Train People

Fast Fun Believable Action

Yup, Point Blank is a no lulls, come-atcha action movie made all the more believable by the nice plot and superior script. No superspy here, just an everyman caught up in the wrong place & time.

And yes, there are a few plot twists that I find a bit hard to swallow, but because the protagonist is so compelling & believable, I'll take them without looking back.

I credit the editing on this movie for keeping it surgically precise. There are no breaks or falters, Point Blank keeps building towards it's action climax.

9/10 - Highly Recommended.