Assassin(s) (1997)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.6/10   

Director:

Mathieu Kassovitz

Escritores:

Nicolas Boukhrief (writer)
Mathieu Kassovitz (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

30 abril 1997 (France)

Género:

Drama | Crimen

Frase comercial:

Toute societe a les crimes qu'elle merite.

Plot:

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows as long as he is already dying, and he chooses Max...

Plot Keywords:

Dying | Killer | Thief | Dead Prostitute | Mock Execution

Premios:

1 win & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

TV as we've never seen it

Reparto

Michel Serrault	...	Mr. Wagner
Mathieu Kassovitz	...	Max
Mehdi Benoufa	...	Mehdi
Robert Gendreu	...	Mr. Vidal
Danièle Lebrun	...	Max's Mother
François Levantal	...	Inspector
Karim Belkhadra	...	Watchman
Roland Marchisio	...	Wood (victim)
Félicité Wouassi	...	Nurse
Nicolas Boukhrief	...	Frère de Mehdi
Donat Vidal-Revel	...	Journalist
Philippe Neunreuther	...	Luxury car (victim)
Christophe Rossignon	...	Chauffeur de voiture accident
Pascal Ondicolberry	...	Supermarket (man)
Agnès Akopian	...	Cashier 1

Duración:

128 min

País:

France

Idioma:

Francés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

UK:18 | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/18 | South Korea:18

Compañía:

Canal+

Trivialidades:

Mathieu Kassovitz developed this movie from his third short film, _Assassins (1992)_, which also told the story of a youth who gets a lesson in murder by a professional assassin. However, the title of the 2-hour version was changed to "Assassin(s)" because of the Richard Donner film Assassins (1995) that came out between the two.

Conexiones de Película:

References Assassins... (1992)

TV as we've never seen it

Some say Assassin(s) speaks of TV-violence and its effects on society. I see the film presenting television as a substitute reality. In the film, TV is constantly there with you, you can't escape it and, slowly but surely, it changes your sense of reality. The result is a numb society, lacking the capacity to feel and emphatize. That is far more frightening than just TV-violence, which, after all, just presents the means of expressing aggression. Kassovitz realises this and directs a shocking but fantastically sharp film that follows its own path of logic owing nothing to any other film. I can't remember the time I've been shaken like this by a motion picture. It's a shame there hasn't been more discussion (in Finland, anyway) about the media-cultural issues Assassin(s) brings forward.