Le Boulet
Le Boulet is a French film directed by Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier, released in 2002.
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| Directed by | Alain Berbérian |
| Produced by | Thomas Langmann Jacques-Eric Strauss Fabienne Tsaï Jean-Louis Monthieux |
| Starring | Gérard Lanvin Benoît Poelvoorde José Garcia Djimon Hounsou |
| Music by | Robert Basarte François Forestier Krishna Levy Jean-Louis Viale |
| Cinematography | Jean-Pierre Sauvaire |
| Edited by | Philippe Bourgueil |
Release date | April 10, 2002 |
Running time | 107 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $28.5 million[1] |
| Box office | $16.8 million[2] |
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 AKA "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 Nicolas, the football player
- Nicolas Koretzky as Jean Monthieux
- Jamel Debbouze as Desert Prison Guard
Production
Shooting took place in Paris and North Africa.
The man who reads a newspaper with Moltès' photo on the back is Jean-Marc Deschamps, the production manager. 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 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).