J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster (2008) Directed by Samuel Benchetrit
Crime / Comedy / Drama
aka: I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
Film Synopsis
A young woman has just started working at a sombre café
beside a desolate car park. Her first few days here prove
to be more eventful than she could have imagined... First, an
unarmed bandit tries to run off with the till. Then, two amateur
kidnappers try to abduct a suicidal teenager. Two singers talk
about a hit that was stolen from them. A gang of
seventy-year-olds, all former bank robbers, reminisce about the good
old days before setting out to find a safe hideout. It seems that
everyone wants to be a gangster these days...
Cast: Anna Mouglalis (Suzy - la serveuse),
Edouard Baer (Gino - le braqueur),
Jean Rochefort (Jean),
Laurent Terzieff (Émile),
Jean-Pierre Kalfon (Max),
Venantino Venantini (Joe),
Roger Dumas (Pierrot la Pince),
Alain Bashung (Alain Bashung),
Arno (Arno),
Bouli Lanners (Léon),
Serge Larivière (Paul dit Paulo),
Selma El Mouissi (Malaury Stone),
Gérald Laroche (Le patron),
Gábor Rassov (Le cuisinier),
Samuel Benchetrit (Récitant)
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 113 min
Aka:I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster
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