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Yvan Attal plays a man of family wealth who runs a conglomerate with 130K employees. His life is going according to his plans until someone decides to kidnap him. He is blindfolded and placed in the trunk of a car for a journey to an unknown private cell to await his fate.
A ransom demand goes out and his board convenes to decide what their liability should be if Attal's wife cannot access enough cash to cover it. Plus, the Paris police become involved and before long the press uncovers his penchant for heavy gambling and mistresses much to the surprise of his tasteful family.
This film is long but no longer than it needs to be. A nicely acted drama bringing out all the angles of what a modern business might do in times of crisis as this. Over half the film covers his abduction but a large share covers the fallout from his return to his family and business.
This is worth a look if you like French film.
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I wouldn't say it was a pure merde, as it had nicely appointed interiors, but the plot sucked, it had no drive and no logic, the long discussions of nothing were boring and gave no insight, lots of unnecessary motions leading nowhere. A moderately interesting twist 40 minutes from the end, but not enough to save that pile of nothing.
Overall, a far inferior work to Zimmer.
by the board and his handpicked number two. A cautionary tale for the post 2008 crowd. Remember someone made the comment "no more golden parachutes or stock options"? If this had been made prior to '08 that populist comment probably wouldn't have been in there.
I had great appreciation for the kidnappers alternative on collecting ransom. After Attal's narcissistic hissy I would be worried about those three pieces of paper floating around. Nice touch.
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qualifications you love: vivid scenes of violence and brutality; teeth-grinding suspense; action high in the verisimilitude department. And... you get to learn what a "pimp-stick" is.
Ramrod is one of the most vicious, iconic criminals you'll ever remember. And Princess is as vulnerable, believably, as a whore could be. This is gritty, grimy, and great. A true low-budget classic on a par with "Detour," and I have few greater compliments to offer a crime film.
Which one? There are several on imdb.
But I think you like Sophie Marceau - then you must see Anthony Zimmer.
Wings Hauser became somewhat of a B film star after this.
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Sounds like this one is basically a continuation of the spirit of Anthony Zimmer - you probably saw it.
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Please - no Hollywood! I get enough indigestion from watching the news.
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