Movie
Dead Weight
Overview
After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-04-10
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, TPS Cinéma, La Petite Reine, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Benoît Poelvoorde as Francis Reggio
- Gérard Lanvin as Gérard Moltès
- José Garcia as Mustapha Amel, aka "The Turk"
- Djimon Hounsou as Detective Youssouf
- Rossy de Palma as Pauline Reggio
- Jean Benguigui as Saddam
- Gary Tiplady as Requin, the Giant
- Gérard Darmon as Kowalski
- Stomy Bugsy as Malian guy
- Marco Prince as Malian guy
- Omar Sy as Malian guy
- Nicolas Anelka as Nicolas, the football player
Crew
- Alain Berbérian - Director
- Frédéric Forestier - Director
- Manuel Delilez - Writer
- Thomas Langmann - Writer
- Dominique Mézerette - Writer
- Alexandre Coquelle - Writer
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