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| Gérard Depardieu | ... | Vidocq | |
| Guillaume Canet | ... | Etienne Boisset | |
| Inés Sastre | ... | Préah | |
| André Dussollier | ... | Lautrennes | |
| Edith Scob | ... | Sylvia | |
| Moussa Maaskri | ... | Nimier | |
| Jean-Pierre Gos | ... | Tauzet | |
| Isabelle Renauld | ... | Marine Lafitte | |
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Jean-Pol Dubois | ... | Belmont |
| André Penvern | ... | Veraldi | |
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Gilles Arbona | ... | Lafitte |
| Jean-Marc Thibault | ... | Leviner | |
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François Chattot | ... | Froissard |
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Elsa Kikoïne | ... | La muette |
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Fred Ulysse | ... | Le vieux souffleur |
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Paris. 1830. In the heart of the town, Vidocq, a famous detective, disappeared as he fights the Alchemist, an assassin that he has been pursuing for a few months. His young biographer, Etienne Boisset, decides to have revenge on Vidocq's death and takes the investigation on... Written by Anonymous
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
19 September 2001 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Dark Portals: The Chronicles of Vidocq See more »Edit
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Budget:
FRF152,000,000 (estimated)Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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"Vidocq is dead!"
Thus opens Vidocq, an amazing film directed by Pitof, from a script based on Jean-Christophe Grangé's original and hard-hitting story, The Purple Rivers. In this film, legendary real-life convict-turned-detective François Vidocq, (Gérard Depardieu) lives again in 1830 Paris. The pacing and story are both amazing. Pitof and Grangé have done such a wonderful job of creating and establishing this horrifying plot, and whipping it up into a frenzy, that it is impossible to not get swept away by it. The cast is also amazing, with everyone turning in fantastic performances. A truly great film!
This is one of the first major motion pictures worldwide to employ a fully digital process in its making, including digital cameras. This adaptation has proven to be a lovely proving ground for this new process. Many of the exterior and interior sets and decorations were constructed by computer, and add a sense of detail and accuracy of time and history to 1830 Paris that would otherwise be impossible.
The special effects and fight sequences are fantastic, with many surreal nightmarish visions that will haunt your for weeks. There are so many amazing things about this film! For example, I've never heard pitiful mewling til I saw 'Vidocq'. Once you see this film, you'll know what I mean, and it will disturb you to your core. It's a film that is at once beautiful and repulsive. There's lots of intrigue, conspiracy, horror, suspense, mystery, romance of a sort, everything you could want from a film. See Vidocq!