Dead Weight (2002)

Name: Dead Weight
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2002-04-10
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 5.8
Cast: Benoît Poelvoorde, Gérard Lanvin, José Garcia, Djimon Hounsou, Rossy de Palma

Dead Weight (2002), directed by Alain Berbérian, starring Benoît Poelvoorde and Gérard Lanvin.

04/10/2002 BR Comedy 1h 47m

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Synopsis

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.

Christophe PaturangeCinematography
Jean-Pierre SauvaireCinematography
Manuel TeranCinematography
Vincent MathiasCinematography

About the film

Le Boulet is a French action-comedy film directed by Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier, released in 2002.

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Le Boulet is a French action-comedy film directed by Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier, released in 2002.

Plot

Moltès, a killer in prison, plays the lottery every week and sends the tickets with Reggio, a guard, so that the latter's wife, Pauline, can have them validated. One day the ticket is a winner, but Pauline is at a car rally in Africa, unknowingly carrying the ticket with her. Moltès wanting to recover his due, escapes and forces Reggio (the guard) to accompany him. However, he becomes the target of his nemesis, another gangster nicknamed "The Turk" (whose brother was killed by Moltès), and his bodyguard named Requin, a giant with teeth of steel.

Cast

Gérard Lanvin as Gérard Moltès

Benoît Poelvoorde as Francis Reggio

José Garcia as Mustapha Amel, a.k.a. "The Turk"

Djimon Hounsou as Detective Youssouf

Rossy de Palma as Pauline Reggio

Jean Benguigui as Saddam, the store keeper

Gary Tiplady as Requin The Giant

Gérard Darmon as Kowalski

Stomy Bugsy as Malian guy #1

Marco Prince as Malian guy #2

Omar Sy as Malian guy #3

Nicolas Anelka as Himself

Nicolas Koretzky as Jean Monthieux

Jamel Debbouze as Desert Prison Guard

Production

Shooting took place in Paris and North Africa.

There are numerous cameo appearances; Nicolas Anelka appears as a football player, Jamel Debbouze as a prison guard in Mali, and musicians Stomy Bugsy (former Ministère AMER) and Marco Prince (singer of the FFF) and comedian Omar Sy (the duo Omar et Fred) as killer brothers.

The man who reads a newspaper with Moltès' photo on the back is Jean-Marc Deschamps, the production manager.

The scriptwriter and producer Thomas Langmann made a small cameo in the role of the Turk's brother.

The Turk's bodyguard (played by Gary Tiplady) is a reference to the notorious hitman known as "Jaws" played by Richard Kiel in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).

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External links

Le Boulet at IMDb

Text from Le Boulet on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Boulet

Trivia

It premiered on April 10, 2002, a Wednesday.
It runs 1h47 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Le Boulet".
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosFrance 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, TPS Cinéma, La Petite Reine, Warner Bros. Pictures
CountriesFrance, United Kingdom
LanguagesFrench
StatusReleased