Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Gérard Lanvin | ... | Frank Bonneville | |
Anne Marivin | ... | Claire Monier | |
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Clément Koch | ... | Le réceptionniste |
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Eric Uzan | ... | Serguei Ivanov |
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Fabrice Bagni | ... | Le commissaire Ferrier |
Gérard Jugnot | ... | Albert Poussin | |
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Emilie Zapalski | ... | Admiratrice de R2I |
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François Alquier | ... | Admirateur de R2I |
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Laurent Bourdon | ... | Admirateur de R2I |
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Serge Hazanavicius | ... | Jacques Maillard |
Valérie Kaprisky | ... | Françoise Poussin | |
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Denis Leroy | ... | Le vigile |
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Rebecca Munz | ... | Auditrice de R2I |
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Janis Munz | ... | Auditrice de R2I |
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Yann Pradal | ... | Le barman de la fête |
France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq, but only the victims know the crime has been faked.
Special Correspondents follows in the successful tradition of French farces, many of which have been adapted by Hollywood. This time we have a radio reporter who, together with a bumbling technician, are given a mission to go to Iraq to cover the ongoing conflict. However they manage to lose the air tickets & the expenses money and, faced with the prospect of ridicule & shame, they decide to hide in Paris & send reports from an "Iraq" created in a friend's house. This leads to many hilarious complications and situations. Special Correspondents uses a clever idea quite successfully, milking a generous quantity of laugh out loud moments from it. Performances are fine and surely it won't be long before a US remake appears.