Special Correspondents (2009)

France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq, but only the victims know the crime has been faked.

Director:

Frédéric Auburtin

Writers:

Simon Michaël (adaptation), Simon Michaël (dialogue)

Stars:

Gérard Lanvin, Anne Marivin, Clément Koch

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gérard Lanvin	...	Frank Bonneville
Anne Marivin	...	Claire Monier
Clément Koch	...	Le réceptionniste
Eric Uzan	...	Serguei Ivanov
Fabrice Bagni	...	Le commissaire Ferrier
Gérard Jugnot	...	Albert Poussin
Emilie Zapalski	...	Admiratrice de R2I
François Alquier	...	Admirateur de R2I
Laurent Bourdon	...	Admirateur de R2I
Serge Hazanavicius	...	Jacques Maillard
Valérie Kaprisky	...	Françoise Poussin
Denis Leroy	...	Le vigile
Rebecca Munz	...	Auditrice de R2I
Janis Munz	...	Auditrice de R2I
Yann Pradal	...	Le barman de la fête

Storyline

France mobilizes to gain the release of two kidnapped journalists in Iraq, but only the victims know the crime has been faked.

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Plot Keywords:

journalist | iraq war | hostage | fake kidnapping | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Second time, Gérard Jugnot plays a radio sound technician after Tandem.

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Connections

Remade as Special Correspondents (2016)

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Soundtracks

Un euro pour nos otages
(Jean-Yves d'Angelo - Frédéric Auburtin)
Performed by Laurent Gerra and La chorale du Conservatoire du 6ème arrondissement de Paris

User Reviews

Iraq, Parisian style

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.

Details

Official Sites:

Europa Corp. [France]

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

21 January 2009 (France)

Also Known As:

Special Correspondents

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,484,754

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Films Manuel Munz

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1