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Le Boulet
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Wikipedia article
'Le Boulet' is a French film directed by Alain Berbrian and Frdric Forestier, released in 2002.
Plot
Molts, 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. Molts 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 Molts), and his bodyguard named Requin, a giant with teeth of steel.
Cast
* Grard Lanvin as Grard Molts
* Benot Poelvoorde as Francis Reggio
* Jos 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
* Grard Darmon as Kowalski
* Stomy Bugsy as Malian guy #1
* 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.
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 Ministre 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 Molts' 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).
References
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