A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.A retired mobster goes on a revenge spree after being left for dead with 22 bullets in his body by his former childhood friend.
JoeyStarr
- Le pistachier
- (as Joey Starr)
Benaïssa Ahaouari
- Père de Karim
- (as Benhaïssa Ahouari)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBoth the film and the book it's adapted from are loosely based on a seventies gang war between Jacques Imbert aka "Jacky Le Mat" (considered to be the last "Don" of Marseille) and Tany Zampa. Just like Charly Matteï in the film, Jacky was left for dead on a parking lot with 22 bullets in his body by Zampa, yet miraculously survived with only his right arm remaining paralyzed.
- GoofsCharly's right arm is supposed to be paralyzed yet, whenever he is riding the motorcycle, he works the controls as if his arm and hand are perfectly normal.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Nanoman: Fekalonia (2015)
- SoundtracksE Lucevan Le Stelle Ah Franchigia A Floria Tosca
Music by Giacomo Puccini (as G. Puccini) and lyrics by Giuseppe Giacosa (as G. Giacosa) and Luigi Illica (as L. Illica)
Performed by Luciano Pavarotti
Featured review
Reno Does Gabin And Does Him Very Well
Retired Marseilles crime kingpin Jean Reno is shot by a hit squad that puts 22 bullets in him. Who ordered the hit, and why? Police officer Marina Fois, whose husband was killed in the line of duty, is put in charge of the investigation. Reno refuses to answer any questions, walks out of the hospital, and disappears. Soon his old associates start dropping dead, and his old friend Kad Merad orders all-out war.
Jean Gabin could have played this role once upon a time, but no one has any reason to complain about Reno's performance as the world-weary gangster with a moral code. It's set in Marseilles, and that 2600-year-old city shows its age.
For those who complain they don't make 'em like that any more, here's proof they do.
Jean Gabin could have played this role once upon a time, but no one has any reason to complain about Reno's performance as the world-weary gangster with a moral code. It's set in Marseilles, and that 2600-year-old city shows its age.
For those who complain they don't make 'em like that any more, here's proof they do.
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- boblipton
- Mar 26, 2020
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Box office
- Budget
- €18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $21,695,883
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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