Anthony Zimmer (2005)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Jérôme Salle

Writer:

Jérôme Salle (writer)

Release Date:

27 April 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Plot:

In Paris, the international police force and the Russian mafia are chasing Anthony Zimmer, an intelligent...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Mistress | Train | Mobster | Nice

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sophie Marceau	...	Chiara
Yvan Attal	...	Francois Taillandier
Sami Frey	...	Akerman
Gilles Lellouche	...	Müller
Daniel Olbrychski	...	Nassaiev
Samir Guesmi	...	Driss
Dimitri Rataud	...	Perez
Nicky Marbot	...	Douanier 1
Olivier Chenevat	...	Douanier 2
Alban Casterman	...	Jeune Douanier
Christophe Odent	...	Président Commission
Luc Chavy	...	Membre Commission
Richard Delestre	...	Room Manager Carlton
Yann de Monterno	...	Serveur Carlton
Laurent Klug	...	Homme Discret

Runtime:

France:90 min

Country:

France

Language:

Russian | French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Germany:12 | Hungary:14 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:12 | Australia:MA | France:U

Filming Locations:

Gare de Lyon, Paris 12, Paris, France

Company:

Alter Films

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France # 110360.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Tailandier looks at the IWC watch before going to sleep, it reads "00:05 am". But when the policeman is asked "When did they come back ?" he answers "01:15 am"

Movie Connections:

Remade as The Tourist (2011)

I liked it

There are some movies you watch to learn something, and some you watch to be entertained, and some you watch for both purposes.

This is a pure entertainment movie, and I liked it a lot. The most important things in a movie like this are to have a plot that twists and turns but remains at least semi-plausible, to have a reasonably attractive hero, a super-sexy femme fatale and appropriately menacing villains, and above all to keep up the pace no matter what. Anthony Zimmer does all of these things rather well. Throw in the bonus of lots of the high life -- the mountain-top super-house, the suite at the Carlton in Nice and all the rest -- and the extra bonus of a happy ending (I don't think that's a spoiler) and you make a very enjoyable evening out.

Don't bother trying to work out later how all the bits fitted together. Some of them don't fit all that well, but then they never do in films like this, and it's not the point. They fit together well enough while you're watching it.

I saw this at the annual festival of French films put on by the Alliance Française in Melbourne, Australia. It opened the Festival, and later was shown again at a multiplex. The later showing was originally supposed to be in one 250-seat cinema, but demand was so great that it eventually was shown in three 250-seaters simultaneously, all of which were completely full. We all went home happy.