The Killer (Le Tueur)
Encyclopedia
The Killer is a French film
directed by Cédric Anger, released in 2007.
in Paris
. Leo Zimmerman is a businessman who lives for his beloved little daughter’s smile. Outwardly, his life is exemplary. However, when Dimitri Kopas walks into his office, pretending to be a normal client, Leo understands that a contract is out on his head and that the young man has come to town to kill him. Overcome with anxiety and paranoia, no longer able to sleep, Leo decides to meet the killer face to face and to broker a strange deal.
Jeremy Knox, Film Threat
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Brendan Kelly, The Gazette
Jay Seaver, eFilmCritic.
Ard Vijn, Twitchfilm.
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French Film
French Film is a 2008 British comedy film directed by Jackie Oudney and starring Anne-Marie Duff, Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall and Eric Cantona. The film was shot in Spring 2007 at various locations around London including Waterloo station and the BFI Southbank.-Plot:Two...
directed by Cédric Anger, released in 2007.
Synopsis
Christmas EveChristmas Eve
Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
. Leo Zimmerman is a businessman who lives for his beloved little daughter’s smile. Outwardly, his life is exemplary. However, when Dimitri Kopas walks into his office, pretending to be a normal client, Leo understands that a contract is out on his head and that the young man has come to town to kill him. Overcome with anxiety and paranoia, no longer able to sleep, Leo decides to meet the killer face to face and to broker a strange deal.
Crédits
- Director and writer : Cédric Anger (Le Petit LieutenantLe Petit LieutenantThe Young Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois.-Synopsis:The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.Antoine's...
– sreenplay) - Producters : Saïd Ben Saïd et Thomas Klotz
- Production Company : SBS Films et Sunrise Films
- Music : Grégoire Hetzel
- Cinamtographer : Caroline Champetier A.F.C (Le Petit LieutenantLe Petit LieutenantThe Young Lieutenant is a 2005 drama by French director Xavier Beauvois.-Synopsis:The title character is Antoine Derouere, a young man from the provinces who has just graduated from the police academy. Antoine joins the force in Paris and is assigned to the city's busiest precinct.Antoine's...
, L'Avocat de la terreur, Tokyo!) - Editing : Julien Leloup (Backstage, Les Parallèles)
- Set Design : Jérémie Duchier
- Costumes : Helena Gonçalves
- Sound : Laurent Benaim / Pierre André / Thierry Delor
- Script : Mathilde Vallet
Cast
- Léo : Gilbert Melki (Anna M., Monsieur Ibrahim, La Vérité si je mens! 1 et 2)
- Kopas : Grégoire ColinGrégoire ColinGrégoire Colin is a French actor, producer, screenwriter, and director.-Career:Grégoire started acting on the French stage at age 12. He first caught the eye of critics in the 1992 Agnieszka Holland's psychological family drama Olivier, Olivier when he was just 17...
(Voleurs de chevaux, L’intrus, Sex is comedy) - Stella : Mélanie LaurentMélanie LaurentMélanie Laurent is a French actress, director, singer and writer. She is best known to international audiences for her role as Shosanna Dreyfus in Quentin Tarantino's 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, for which she won Best Actress from the Online Film Critics Society and the Austin Film Critics...
(ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pasJe vais bien, ne t'en fais pasI'm Fine, Don't Worry is a 2006 French drama film directed by Philippe Lioret based on the 2000 novel with the same title by Olivier Adam.-Plot:...
, De battre mon coeur s'est arrêté) - Sylvia : Sophie Cattani
- Franzen : Xavier Beauvois
- Alana : Jeanne Allard
Festivals
- European Film Festival in EstorilEstorilEstoril is a seaside resort and civil parish of the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, Lisboa District. The Estoril coast is close to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It starts in Carcavelos, 15 kilometres from Lisbon, and stretches as far as Guincho, often known as Costa de Estoril-Sintra or...
- Athens French Film Festival
- Rotterdam International Film Festival
- FilmFest München
- Los Angeles Festival City of Lights, City of AngelsCity of Lights, City of AngelsFounded in 1995, City of Lights, City of Angels is an annual film festival held in the United States which showcases the diversity of French cinema and promotes its talents among film professionals. The Festival is also open to the general public. All films shown during the festival have been...
- Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Variety Critic’s Choice)
- Fantasia International Film Festival in MontréalMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
- Nominated Louis-Delluc Award for Best First Film
International Release
- November 10, 2007 (European Film Festival in Estoril)
- January 9, 2008 in FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
- January 16, 2008 in BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
- November 14, 2008 in Montréal
- November 28, 2008 in TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
- February 6, 2009 (Vancouver aux Rendez-vous du cinéma Québécois et Francophone)
- March 10, 2009 on DVDDVDA DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in CanadaCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
Reviews
- “...achieves a kind of magnificence that few works can match. The storytelling is top notch. Told in a beautiful poetic style that very few other films can match. Purely French and extremely well made, it’s one of those movies you can’t help liking.”
Jeremy Knox, Film Threat
Film Threat
Film Threat is a former print magazine and, now, webzine which focuses primarily on independent film, although it also reviews DVDs of mainstream films and Hollywood movies in theaters. It first appeared as a photocopied zine in 1985, created by Wayne State University students Chris Gore and André...
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- “If you like real cool, real dark noirs - and really, is there anyone out there who doesn't? - then you'll want to spent 90 minutes of your time on Le Tueur (The Killer)”
Brendan Kelly, The Gazette
The Gazette (Montreal)
The Gazette, often called the Montreal Gazette to avoid ambiguity, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, with three other daily English newspapers all having shut down at different times during the second half of the 20th century.-History:In 1778,...
- "What you expect from a French hitman movie, in all the right ways."
Jay Seaver, eFilmCritic.
- “...a sedate character drama with some nice twists... Splendidly acted... I left the cinema impressed.”
Ard Vijn, Twitchfilm.
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Technical specifications
- Origin Country: France
- Format : Color - Formats de projection|1,85:1 - Dolby DigitalDolby DigitalDolby Digital is the name for audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. It was originally called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1994. Except for Dolby TrueHD, the audio compression is lossy. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35mm film prints...
- Format 35 mm|35 mm - Genre : Thriller
- Duration : 91 minutes