Secret Agents (2004)

Moles threaten to foil a team of secret agents' plan.

Director:

Frédéric Schoendoerffer

Writers:

Yann Brion, Jean Cosmos

Stars:

Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci, André Dussollier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vincent Cassel	...	Brisseau
Monica Bellucci	...	Barbara / Lisa
André Dussollier	...	Colonel Grasset
Charles Berling	...	Eugène
Bruno Todeschini	...	Homme maigre en civil
Sergio Peris-Mencheta	...	Raymond
Ludovic Schoendoerffer	...	Loïc
Eric Savin	...	Tony
Serge Avedikian	...	Igor Lipovsky
Gabrielle Lazure	...	Véronique Lipovsky
Najwa Nimri	...	Maria Menendez
Simón Andreu	...	Maître Deligny
Clément Thomas	...	Homme de main 1
Rosanna Walls	...	L'amie de Maria Menendez
Jay Benedict	...	L'Américain

Storyline

From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus;" and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe.

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Plot Keywords:

frame up | casablanca morocco | tarifa spain | computer chip | reference to arms trade | 

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Genres:

Crime | Action | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

There is only one spoken word in the first 12 minutes (11m 55s) of the movie.

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Goofs

Colonel Grasset mentions that Lipovsky was born in "Riga, the capital of Estonia". In reality, Riga is the capital of Latvia, Eastonia's real capital is Tallinn.

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Connections

Featured in En bonne intelligence (2010)

User Reviews

Real movie about agents...

One of the few movies that show real agents a little closer, and not James bond like agents...this movie had excellent FX and soundtrack, act was great , don't get why it got such low rating, the plot is understandable from start to finish. Didn't see the film in original lang. so maybe that's why i got another impression from the film

(dubbed in Russian). give it 8/10 - one of the movies i will definitely have in my movie collection.

Details

Official Sites:

TFM [France]

Country:

France Italy Spain

Language:

French English German Spanish

Release Date:

31 March 2004 (France)

Also Known As:

Secret Agents

Filming Locations:

Casablanca, Morocco

Box Office

Budget:

EUR14,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$6,166,893

Company Credits

Production Co:

La Chauve Souris, Carcharodon, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1