Le Boulet is a French

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 film

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 directed by Alain Berbérian

Alain Berbérian

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 and Frédéric Forestier

Frédéric Forestier

- Director :* 1993 : Paranoïa * 1997 : État d'urgence* 2002 : Le Boulet - More than 3 million ticket sales in France.* 2005 : Les Parrains - More than 600,000 ticket sales in France....

, released in 2002. It is known internationally as Dead Weight.

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.

Cast

• Gérard Lanvin
  Gérard Lanvin
  Gérard Lanvin is a César Award-winning French actor. He quit his studies when he was 17 to become an actor. He took on a role in Vous n'aurez pas l'Alsace et la Lorraine in 1977 on an offer from actor Coluche. He received the Prix Jean Gabin in 1982 for his role in Une étrange affaire...
  
   : Gérard Moltès
• Benoît Poelvoorde
  Benoît Poelvoorde
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   : Francis Reggio
• José Garcia
  José Garcia (actor)
  José Garcia , sometimes credited as José Luis Garcia, is a French film and television actor.- Early life and education :He was born in Paris, France.- Career :...
  
   : Mustapha Amel AKA "The Turk"
• Djimon Hounsou
  Djimon Hounsou
  Djimon Diaw Hounsou is a Beninese actor and model. As an actor, Hounsou has been nominated for two Academy Awards.-Early life:Djimon Hounsou was born in Cotonou, Benin, in 1964, to lbertine and Pierre Hounsou, a cook. He emigrated to Lyon in France at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond....
  
   : Detective Youssouf
• Rossy de Palma
  Rossy de Palma
  Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress. Described by many as a Picasso come-to-life, Rossy de Palma broke the rules of beauty in 1988 when she starred in Pedro Almodóvar’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and became a model and muse for designers like Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and...
  
   : Pauline Reggio
• Jean Benguigui
  Jean Benguigui
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   : Saddam, the store owner
• Gary Tiplady : Requin The Giant
• Gérard Darmon
  Gérard Darmon
  Gérard Darmon is a French movie actor and singer.Second husband to Mathilda May.He has three children: Virginie and the last two by Mathilda May, daughter Sarah and son Jules...
  
   : Kowalski
• Stomy Bugsy
  Stomy Bugsy
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   : Malian guy #1
• Marco Prince : Malian guy #2
• Omar : Malian guy #3
• Nicolas Anelka
  Nicolas Anelka
  Abdul-Salam Bilal on 14 March 1979) is a French international footballer, who plays as a striker for English Premier League club Chelsea. Anelka was also a regular starter for the French national team...
  
   : 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
  Jamel Debbouze
  Jamel Debbouze is an actor, comedian and producer of Moroccan descent.-Biography:Debbouze is the oldest of five brothers. He was born in Paris, France, but his family moved to Morocco the following year...
  
   : Desert Prison Guard

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).

External links

• Le Boulet in Internet Movie Database
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