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The Fugitives

Original title: Les fugitifs
  • 19861986
  • 1h 35m
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7.0/10
7.3K
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The Fugitives (1986)
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Jean is taken hostage at a bank by a foolish bank robber. As Jean left prison an hour earlier, the police assume he's the robber. Everything goes comically wrong. The robber's little daughte... Read allJean is taken hostage at a bank by a foolish bank robber. As Jean left prison an hour earlier, the police assume he's the robber. Everything goes comically wrong. The robber's little daughter joins the fugitives.Jean is taken hostage at a bank by a foolish bank robber. As Jean left prison an hour earlier, the police assume he's the robber. Everything goes comically wrong. The robber's little daughter joins the fugitives.
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7.3K
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  • Director
    • Francis Veber
  • Writer
    • Francis Veber
  • Stars
    • Pierre Richard
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Jean Carmet
  • Director
    • Francis Veber
  • Writer
    • Francis Veber
  • Stars
    • Pierre Richard
    • Gérard Depardieu
    • Jean Carmet
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 8User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

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    Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard in The Fugitives (1986)
    Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard, and Jean Carmet in The Fugitives (1986)
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    Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard in The Fugitives (1986)
    Gérard Depardieu and Pierre Richard in The Fugitives (1986)

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    Pierre Richard
    Pierre Richard
    • François Pignon
    Gérard Depardieu
    Gérard Depardieu
    • Jean Lucas
    Jean Carmet
    Jean Carmet
    • Martin
    Maurice Barrier
    Maurice Barrier
    • Superintendant Duroc
    Jean Benguigui
    Jean Benguigui
    • Labib
    Roland Blanche
    • Idriss
    Anaïs Bret
    • Jeanne
    Philippe Lelièvre
    Philippe Lelièvre
    • Adjoint de Duroc
    Yveline Ailhaud
    • Femme-flic
    Didier Pain
    • Maître-chien
    Marc Adjadj
    Alain Algara
    Eric Averlant
    Jean-Pierre Becker
    Pierre Belot
    Pierre Berriau
    Michel Berto
    Michel Bompoil
    • Director
      • Francis Veber
    • Writer
      • Francis Veber
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Remade in America three years later in 1989 by the same director as Three Fugitives (1989).
    • Connections
      Featured in Francis Veber artisan du rire: La saga Pignon (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      I Know It's A Lie
      Written by Vladimir Cosma

      Performed by Karoline Krüger

    User reviews8

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    7/10
    A very funny French comedy
    There is one thing the Americans are good at: taking a perfectly good French Movie and totally stuffing it up – and they change very little in it as well. This movie is the original French version of what became Three Fugitives, and this movie is by far the better.

    What is amazing is that the two movies are almost identical, right down to the scene where the robber has a stocking over his head, and when he removes a pin from a grenade, the stocking melts, but it is done far better in the French movie than it is done in the American.

    Basically the movie is about a professional bank robber who is released from gaol and happens to end up in a bank that is held up, and he is taken hostage. Because the police do not trust him, they accuse him of robbing the bank. The third fugitive is a little girl who has not spoken since her mother died.

    The basic themes of this movie is about relationships, and how one's actions can destroy the lives of more than one person. Here the bank robber not only upsets his life, but also the life of his little girl and the recently released convict. He believes that by doing this he will help out his little girl, but in the end he ends up hurting her. It is also interesting to see that the convict has a human heart (what else is he going to have?). What I mean is that he acts with a cold and mean demeanor, but in truth he does care for the girl, and the robber who is really just stupid.

    This is a cute little film, especially the one made in France. The little girl is just adorable, and her sad demeanor does tear your heart.
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    • Feb 16, 2012

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    • Release date
      • December 17, 1986 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Gaumont (France)
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Fugitives
    • Filming locations
      • Bordeaux, Gironde, France
    • Production companies
      • Fideline Films
      • DD Productions
      • EFVE
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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