Le Boulet
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| Le Boulet | |
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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 Rossy de Palma |
| Music by | Robert Basarte François Forestier Krishna Levy Jean-Louis Viale |
| Release date(s) | April 10, 2002 |
| Running time | 107 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | € 26,960,080 |
Le Boulet is a French film directed by Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier, released in 2002. It is known internationally as Dead Weight.
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[edit] Plot
Moltes, a killer in prison, plays the lottery every week and says the ballots in Reggio, a guard, so that the latter's wife, Pauline, have them validated. One day the ticket is a winner of a draw, but Pauline is a party rally in Africa, carrying with it the ballot. Moltès wanting to recover his due, escapes and forces Reggio (the ball) 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.
[edit] Cast
- Gérard Lanvin : Gérard Moltès
- Benoît Poelvoorde : Francis Reggio
- José Garcia : Mustapha Amel AKA "The Turk"
- Djimon Hounsou : Detective Youssouf
- Rossy de Palma : Pauline Reggio
- Jean Benguigui : Saddam, the store owner
- Gary Tiplady : Requin The Giant
- Gérard Darmon : Kowalski
- Stomy Bugsy : Malian guy #1
- Marco Prince : Malian guy #2
- Omar : Malian guy #3
- Nicolas Anelka : Nicolas, the football player
- Jacky Lambert
- Renaud Rutten
- Innocent Mboumgou
- Issoufou Traore
- Constantine Attia
- Christian Guillon
- Dominique Daguier
- Jérôme Keen
- Lionel Chamoulaud : Journalist of Paris-Dakar
- Stéphane Rodin
- Fabrice Deville
- Cédric Brenner
- Atmane El Hourchmi
- Pascal Roblin
- Elef Zack
- Ludovic Berthillot
- Emmanuel Avena
- Thierry Bois
- Khalid Maadour
- Thierry Gary
- Cécile Denis
- Roland Godard
- Nikola Koretzky : Jean Monthieux
- Frédéric Merlo
- Pierre Zaoui
- Michel D'Oz
- Laurent Aubel
- Michel Crémadès
- Jamel Debbouze : Desert Prison Guard
[edit] Around Film
The shooting took place in Paris and North Africa. The man who reads a newspaper with the photo of the back is Moltes Jean-Marc Deschamps, the production manager. Note the appearance of Nicolas Anelka player in football, Jamel Debbouze maton in Mali, and musicians Stomy Bugsy (former Ministry AMER) and Marco Prince (singer FFF) and comedian Omar Sy (the duo Omar et Fred) as brothers killers Mali. The scriptwriter and producer Thomas Langmann made a small appearance in the role of the brother of the Turk. The bodyguard of Turkish starring Gary Tiplady is a reference to the notorious hitman known as "Shark" (because of his steel jaw) interpreted by Richard Kiel in the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and Moonraker (1979).
