Archive of films Killer / Le tueur
France
2008, 96 min
Section:
Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 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.
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.
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About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! |
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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 |
Guests
Grégoire Colin
Actor