2002

1h 47m

5.8(393 votes)

Comedy

Overview

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.

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Cast & Crew

37 members

Acting

Benoît Poelvoorde

Francis Reggio

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Gérard Lanvin

Gérard Moltès

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José Garcia

Mustapha Amel, aka "The Turk"

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Djimon Hounsou

Detective Youssouf

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Rossy de Palma

Pauline Reggio

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Jean Benguigui

Saddam

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Gary Tiplady

Requin, the Giant

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Gérard Darmon

Kowalski

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Stomy Bugsy

Malian guy

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Marco Prince

Malian guy

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Omar Sy

Malian guy

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Nicolas Anelka

Nicolas, the football player

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Nicolas Koretzky

Jean Monthieux

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Luq Hamet

Nurse

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Frédéric Merlo

Parking attendant

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Jacky Lambert

Unknown Role

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Renaud Rutten

Unknown Role

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Constantine Attia

Unknown Role

Visual Effects

Christian Guillon

Unknown Role

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Dominique Daguier

Unknown Role

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Jérôme Keen

Unknown Role

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Stéphane Rodin

Unknown Role

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Fabrice Deville

Unknown Role

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Cédric Brenner

Unknown Role

Crew

Pascal Roblin

Unknown Role

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Elef Zack

Unknown Role

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Emmanuel Avena

Unknown Role

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Thierry Bois

Unknown Role

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Khalid Maadour

Unknown Role

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Thierry Gary

Unknown Role

Directing

Cécile Denis

Unknown Role

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Pierre Zaoui

Unknown Role

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Michel D'Oz

Unknown Role

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Michel Crémadès

Mr. Martinet, the neighbor (uncredited)

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Jamel Debbouze

Malian warden (uncredited)

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Momo Debbouze

Warden (uncredited)

Production

Thomas Langmann

Turk's brother (uncredited)

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