Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Tomer Sisley | ... | Largo Winch | |
Kristin Scott Thomas | ... | Ann Ferguson | |
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic | ... | Nerio Winch (as Miki Manojlovic) | |
Mélanie Thierry | ... | Léa / Naomi | |
Gilbert Melki | ... | Freddy | |
Karel Roden | ... | Mikhail Korsky | |
Steven Waddington | ... | Stephan Marcus | |
Anne Consigny | ... | Hannah | |
Radivoje Bukvic | ... | Goran | |
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Nicolas Vaude | ... | Gauthier |
Benedict Wong | ... | Wiliam Kwan | |
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Gérard Watkins | ... | Cattaneo |
Wolfgang Pissors | ... | Attinger | |
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Theodore Thomas | ... | Greenfield (as Ted Thomas) |
David Gasman | ... | Alexander Meyer |
Billionaire Nerio Winch (Predrag "Miki" Manojlovic) is found dead, drowned. An obviously suspicious death as Nerio is the founder and majority shareholder of the powerful and sprawling "W Group". Who will inherit this financial empire? Officially, Nerio had no family. But he had a secret he kept well-hidden: a son, Largo (Tomer Sisley), adopted nearly thirty years before from a Bosnian orphanage. The only problem is this young heir has just been thrown in prison deep in the Amazon. Accused of drug trafficking, he claims he's innocent. Nerio murdered. Largo in prison. What if these two events were part of a plot to take control of the Winch empire? Written by Happy_Evil_Dude
Who doesn't know Largo Winch in the France-Belgium-Luxemburg trio (the three countries where the French "BD" or "Bandes Dessinées" are massively published) ? 18 years after the publication of the first comic book, which is itself an adaptation of a series of novels, it HAD to be adapted on screens. After a first - and failed- attempt with a TV show, the real thing begins.
First of all, and that's what most of the fans didn't get, the goal of this movie is not strictly to adapt the comic book series. Some essential parts, characters and actions of the original are missing. The movie itself offers an alternative and more modern version of the series. As a 1st class-fan of the comic book, I must confess I was nicely surprised. The actors are good, so is the scenario, though it might seem too fast. I thus recommend this movie to all those interested by financial/political thrillers, but it is clearly not an alternative to James Bond or Jason Bourne series as I could read over the internet.