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The Killer

Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2008 / Le tueur / France 2008

A creepily symbiotic relationship develops between a professional assassin and his mark in The Killer, a modest but well-played debut by writer-director Cédric Anger. Strong performances make what sounds, on paper, like an improbable drama actually work on the bigscreen.

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Synopsis

A creepily symbiotic relationship develops between a professional assassin and his mark in The Killer, a modest but well-played debut by writer-director Cédric Anger. A cool-faced hitman with a suitably foreign-sounding name, Kopas (Grégoire Colin), arrives in Paris and checks into a hotel, where he finds his target is middle-aged investment advisor Leo Zimmerman (Gilbert Melki). Kopas visits Leo in his office in the guise of a potential investor, and an immediate, dramatic resonance is established between the two. Leo seems well off and happy enough on the surface, but is clearly a smart operator with hidden secrets. Anger shows cool but intense attachment to his characters, underlined by wintry, pre-Christmas lensing of stark Paris locations by veteran d.p. Caroline Champetier.

About the film

96 min / Color, 35 mm

Director Cédric Anger / Screenplay Cédric Anger / Dir. of Photography Caroline Champetier / Music Gregoire Hetzel / Editor Julian Leloup / Producer Thomas Klotz, Saïd Ben Saïd / Production Sunrise Films / Cast Grégoire Colin, Gilbert Melki, Mélanie Laurent, Sophie Cattani, Xavier Beauvois / Contact UGC International

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Phone: +33 1 464 044 00
Fax: +33 1 463 717 09
E-mail: [email protected]

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Grégoire Colin
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