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Le vilain

  • 20092009
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.4K
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Le vilain (2009)
ActionComedyCrime
With gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property de... Read allWith gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking dist... Read allWith gun-toting rivals on his tail, a daring bank robber takes refuge in the quiet residential street here he grew up and where his mother, Maniette, still lives. An unscrupulous property developer, Korazy, is buying up the neighborhood to turn it into a gleaming new banking district, but to her son's disgust Maniette leads the inhabitants resistance. Her ingenious me... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
1.4K
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  • Director
    • Albert Dupontel
  • Writers
    • Albert Dupontel(scenario and dialogue)
    • Simon Moutairou(scenario consultant)
    • Diane Clavier(scenario consultant)
  • Stars
    • Catherine Frot
    • Albert Dupontel
    • Bouli Lanners
  • Director
    • Albert Dupontel
  • Writers
    • Albert Dupontel(scenario and dialogue)
    • Simon Moutairou(scenario consultant)
    • Diane Clavier(scenario consultant)
  • Stars
    • Catherine Frot
    • Albert Dupontel
    • Bouli Lanners
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    • 3User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Catherine Frot
    Catherine Frot
    • Maniette
    Albert Dupontel
    Albert Dupontel
    • Sidney Thomas, dit le Vilain
    Bouli Lanners
    Bouli Lanners
    • Nick Korazy
    Nicolas Marié
    Nicolas Marié
    • Docteur Jean William
    Christine Murillo
    • Mlle Somoza
    Bernard Farcy
    Bernard Farcy
    • L'inspecteur Elliot
    Philippe Duquesne
    Philippe Duquesne
    • Le peintre roux
    Xavier Robic
    Xavier Robic
    • Le secrétaire de Korazy
    Husky Kihal
    • Le collègue peintre
    Jacqueline Hervé
    • Huguette
    Jenny Bellay
    • Simone
    René Morard
    • Raymond
    André Chaumeau
    • Hippolyte
    Jeanne Cellard
    • Léonie
    Philippe Uchan
    Philippe Uchan
    • M. Cozic
    Brigitte Aubry
    • Mme Cozic
    Khalid Maadour
    • Le livreur de fleurs
    Paolo Palermo
    • Chauffeur camion
    • Director
      • Albert Dupontel
    • Writers
      • Albert Dupontel(scenario and dialogue)
      • Simon Moutairou(scenario consultant)
      • Diane Clavier(scenario consultant)
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      Although she plays his mother, Catherine Frot is only eight years older than Albert Dupontel.

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    You've been a naughty boy.
    Catherine was only 53 when she made this movie but they made her look at least 15 years older .

    It's a funny little comedy,which loses steam in its second half ,but nevertheless defends the owners of an old block against expropriation and the estate developers.

    Mom is unbreakable ,just like Bruce Willis in the famous eponymous movie ;so ,in a first scene ,she visits a terminaly-ill (??) patient and asks him ,that when he ......(she doesn't utter the fatal word) , he can speak to the all-mighty of her condition which might prevent her from going to Heaven ; it's full of black humor,a quality which is one of the strong points of this farce .

    Her only son comes home ,after many years away .She is in awe of him , but soon discovers that he is not what he claims to be ; he used to falsify his school reports ,he keeps pornographic pictures he uses to blackmail somebody....And hemight be a gangster ,at that!

    Mom comes to think that she did not educate her dear one as she should have.Thus ,God's curse. In the house ,there's a tortoise named Penelope :sometimes we see the story through the pet's eyes .Subjective camera ,indeed.

    Some gags ,such as the doctor's interventions ,are repetitive ,but Frot is irresistible as a granny without grandchildren.So far.
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    • Release date
      • November 25, 2009 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The Villain
    • Production companies
      • ADCB Films
      • StudioCanal
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,750,422
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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