Mr Wagner is a craftsman. For more than forty years, he has been paid to kill people. And for more than forty years, he has done the job perfectly, with an ambiguous but genuine work ethic that he claims is necessary. When he meets Max, 25 and unemployed, Wagner thinks he has found his successor. He strives to teach him his skills and sense of ethics...
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Co-productions :
Kasso Inc. Productions, STUDIOCANAL, TF1 Films Production, Arte France Cinéma
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This is a film on the razor's edge, a film against violence where we show violence in order to condemn it. There's a violent scene at the beginning, followed by even more violent scenes but you never see the people being shot, you see the killers but you never see the victims. It's realistic so as to get as possible to life and true violence with the idea of trying to sicken people. Obviously, some people will be too sickened to accept or understand it, whatever my aims were." (Mathieu Kassovitz)
Full credits (22)
Executive Producer :
Screenwriters :
Mathieu Kassovitz, Nicolas Boukhrief
Director of Photography :
Sound assistants :
Amaury de Nexon, Emmanuel Pietri
Camera Operator :
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Sound editors :
Corinne Rozenberg, Vincent Guillon, Gérard Hardy
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Co-producers :
Adeline Lecallier, Alain Rocca
Sound recordists :
Bernard Aubouy, Jacques Descomps
Assistant Operators :
Hervé Lodé, Elin Kirschfink, Marie Spencer, Marie Sorribas
Production Manager :
Editors :
Mathieu Kassovitz, Yannick Kergoat
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Technical details
Feature film
Genres :
FictionSub-genre :
DramaProduction language :
FrenchProduction country :
FranceOriginal French-language productions :
YesNationality :
100% French (France)Production year :
1997French release :
16/05/1997Runtime :
2 h 10 minCurrent status :
ReleasedVisa number :
88.370Visa issue date :
27/05/1997Approval :
YesProduction formats :
35mmColor type :
ColorAspect ratio :
1.85Audio format :
Dolby SRDPosters (1)
