Credited cast: | |||
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Paul Hamy | ... | Magloire |
Damien Bonnard | ... | Kurtz | |
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Pascal Greggory | ... | Ferrante |
Gaspard Ulliel | ... | Le docteur | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Susana Afonso Lopes | ... | Double de Drella |
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Diogo Dória | ... | Le Capitaine |
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Elvire | ... | Gerda |
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Lisa Hartmann | ... | Drella |
Alexis Manenti | ... | Springer | |
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Lionel Tua | ... | Warner Oland |
Magloire starts running with no luggage and no future until he meets a dying man from whom he inherits a fortune. Subsequently, Magloire is chased by a gang and becomes not only their hostage, but also their accomplice.
With elements of "Kiss Me Deadly" and Lars von Trier's "Europa" and a lot else inbetween this decidely daft film is a kind of Kafkaesque 'thriller' minus the thrills. It won its director, F.J. Ossang, the best direction prize at Locarno though I have no idea what the competition was. It certainly looks the part even if it doesn't make a lot of sense; this is an art-house movie for smart kids who like this sort of thing. You could say it's very 'French'. Don't get me wrong, I didn't dislike it. I was actually rather bemused by it. Ossang is undoubtedly a skilled film-maker but he's also an acquired taste.