Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes (2001)

Directors:

Ariel Zeitoun
Julien Seri

Writers:

Luc Besson (scenario) &
Philippe Lyon (scenario) ...
(más)

Release Date:

4 abril 2001 (Belgium)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Crime

Plot:

Gravity or Police, these guys don't believe in any law. Idolised by the youth of Paris as much as they're hated by the police...

Plot Keywords:

Parkour | Apartment | Bed | Building | Climbing

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Yamakasi a taint to parkour

Cast

Châu Belle Dinh	...	Les Yamakasi - Baseball (Oliver Chen)
Williams Belle	...	Les Yamakasi - L'Araignée (Bruno Duris)
Malik Diouf	...	Les Yamakasi - La Belette (Malik N'Diaye)
Yann Hnautra	...	Les Yamakasi - Zicmu (Ousmane Dadjacan)
Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke	...	Les Yamakasi - Rocket (Abdou N'Goto)
Charles Perrière	...	Les Yamakasi - Sitting Bull (Ousmane Bana)
Laurent Piemontesi	...	Les Yamakasi - Tango (Michel Lucas)
Maher Kamoun	...	Vincent
Bruno Flender	...	Michelin
Amel Djemel	...	Aila
Afida Tahri	...	Fatima
Abdelkrim Bahloul
Nassim Faid	...	Djamel (as Nassim Faïd)
Pascal Léger	...	Commissaire Orsini
Frédéric Pellegeay	...	Fretin
Gerald Morales	...	Chief doctor Le Tronc (as Gérald Morales)
Jacques Hansen	...	Minister counselor
Chloé Flipo	...	Claire
Perkins	...	Nicolas
Jean-Pierre Germain	...	Nicolas' co-worker
David Tissot	...	Gaultier
Isabelle Moulin	...	Bourgeoise
Stéphane Boucher	...	Parano
Christian Dosogne
Vincent Haquin
Benoît Fouégué-Dongho
Nabil Debouze
Sophian Bouhenni
Julien Guedes
Rebecca Hampton	...	Counselor's secretary
Liliane Cebrian		(as Liliane Cébrian)
Thomas Jouannet
Tomasz Bialkowski
Lucien Theresin
Jo Prestia
Bertrand Farge
Alain Brochery
Pascal D'Amato
Yan Dron
Pierre Medalin
Laurence Merchet
Laurentine Milebo
Lydia Ewandé
Sophie Gourdin
Joseph Anticevic
Christophe Hatey
François Orsoni
Pascal Aubert
François Huin
Jean-Paul Audrain
François Breniaux
Laurence Guillet
Yannick Le Perff
Franck Petit
Denis Braccini
Franck Guérin
Jean-François Regazzi
Nicolas Scellier
Michel Lamprecht
Camille Cottin
Dominique Magloire
Micheline Dieye
Valantine Loubli
Raymonde Fichoux
Gwenaël Clause
Catherine Robert
Anthony Aouzerat
Raphaël Massart
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Olivier Parthonnaud	...	A cop

Dirigida por
Ariel Zeitoun
Julien Seri		(battle scenes) (as Julien Sèri)

Créditos del guión
Luc Besson		(scenario) &
Philippe Lyon		(scenario) &
Julien Seri		(scenario) (as Julien Sèri)
Charles Perrière		(original idea) &
Luc Besson		(original idea)

Producida por
Virginie Silla	....	producer

Música original por
DJ Spank
Joey Starr

Fotografía por
Philippe Piffeteau

Montaje por
Yohann Costedoat
Stéphanie Gaurier
Yann Hervé
Claude-France Husson
Célia Lafitedupont
Christine Lucas Navarro
Charlotte Rembauville

Casting
Gabrielle Bonacini
Natalie Luquiens

Diseño de producción por
Caroline Duru
Frédéric Duru
Fred Lapierre

Dirección artística
Fred Lapierre

Diseño de vestuario por
Olivier Bériot

Departamento de maquillaje
Annabelle Behotas	....	makeup artist
Marie-Lou Dorion	....	hair stylist
Vincent Loiseau	....	makeup artist
Sandra Sage	....	hair stylist
Valerie Thery-Hamel	....	key makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Gregory Barrau	....	assistant unit manager
Mélik Bénard	....	assistant unit manager
David Deshayes	....	unit manager
Cédric Fréni	....	assistant unit manager
Didier Hoarau	....	production manager
Erwan Inizan	....	assistant unit manager
Matias Kechichian	....	assistant unit manager
Sandra Moreno	....	assistant unit manager
Ludovic Petit	....	assistant unit manager

Ayudante de dirección
André Cavaillé	....	second assistant director
Eric Demeure	....	assistant director
Andrea Fontana	....	assistant director
Anne Gilles	....	second assistant director
Rodolphe Lanaro	....	assistant director
Carol Lecacheur	....	assistant director
Philippe Letode	....	assistant director
Stephane Moreno-Carpio	....	assistant director
Hans Titze	....	third assistant director
Grégory Troy	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Sophie Chiabaut	....	assistant sound
Anne Delacour	....	assistant sound
Philippe Fabbri	....	assistant sound
Olivier Grandjean	....	assistant sound
Xavier Griette	....	assistant sound
François-Joseph Hors	....	sound mixer
Anne Le Campion	....	assistant sound
Jérôme Lévy	....	assistant sound
Didier Lozahic	....	sound mixer
Olivier Marlangeon	....	assistant sound
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Adrien Nataf	....	assistant sound
Bridget O'Driscoll	....	assistant sound
Samuel Potin	....	assistant sound (as Samuel Pottin)
Florent Ravalec	....	assistant sound
André Rigaut	....	assistant sound
Paulin Sagna	....	assistant sound
Julien Sicart	....	assistant sound
Ken Yasumoto	....	sound editor
Laurent Zeilig	....	sound

Efectos especiales
Denis Duplex	....	special effects
Didier Ledanturier	....	special effects
Jérome Miel	....	special effects

Visual Effects
Stephanie Boutinaud	....	digital effects artist
Antoine Douadi	....	Flame artist
Frederic Moreau	....	visual effects

Especialistas
Laurent Avare	....	stunts
Rémi Canaple	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple	....	stunt rigger
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Yan Dron	....	stunts
David Grolleua	....	stunts
Enrico Horn	....	stunts
David Julienne	....	stunt driver
Michel Julienne	....	stunt driver
Gregory Loffredo	....	stunts
Loïc Saintilan	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Boris Abaza	....	additional first assistant camera
David Campbell	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Mathieu Caudroy	....	steadicam operator
Christophe Dural	....	chief electrician
David Frak-Lauer	....	assistant camera
Pierre Garnier	....	grip
Benjamin Speyer	....	crane technician
Laurent Tangy	....	assistant camera
Eric Thurot	....	chief electrician (as Éric Thurot)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sylvie D'Orso	....	costumer
Juliette Le Carpentier	....	costumer
Sophie Mollier	....	costumer
Karen Muller Serreau	....	costumer (as Karen Serreau)
Laurence Nicolas	....	costumer
Emmanuelle Pertus	....	costumer
Marie-Pierre Reboul	....	costumer
Karine Vintache	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Nicolas Trembasiewicz	....	editorial collaborator

Otros miembros del equipo
Nathalie Carles	....	production assistant
Donatienne de Goros	....	script supervisor
Vincent Dragusseau	....	making-of
Laura Gouadain	....	press agent
Rodolphe Lanaro	....	location scout
Nathalie Loubens	....	script supervisor
Harmel Sbraire	....	coach
Julien Seri	....	initial contributor
Katia Sourzac	....	production assistant
Vincent Stevenel	....	administrator
Delphine Tejado	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Europa Corp.
• Leeloo Productions
• Canal+ (participation)

Distributors

• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2001-2003) (worldwide) (all media)
• 01 Distribuzione (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (rental)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS) (retail)
• Europa Diffusion (200?) (France) (DVD)
• Manga Films (2001) (Spain) (DVD)
• New Films International
• Sherlock Media S.L. (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Tobis StudioCanal (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)

Efectos especiales

• Éclair Numérique (special effects)

Other Companies

• Cinefood  catering

También conocida como:

Yamakasi (France) (short title)
Yamakasi - Les samouraï des temps modernes (Spain) [es]

Duración:

90 min | Denmark:91 min

País:

France

Idioma:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 | Hong Kong:IIB | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Europa Corp.

Trivialidades:

Often mistaken for Japanese, the word yamakasi is actually taken from the Lingala language, which is spoken in the two Congos. Ya makási can mean "strong body, strong spirit, strong person", though in French usage its meaning is closer to "high energy".

Goofs:

Continuity: During the pursuit on the roofs after two Yamakasi steal the painting in the lady's apartment, their masks are repeatedly on and off between shots.

Movie Connections:

References The Matrix (1999)

Yamakasi a taint to parkour

In the bright lighted side, we could see the yamakasis, these stuntmen of cities in the luc Besson movie. In the shadowed side, there is parkour, that is also called the art of movement, and that most of the public doesn't know about, and it is understandable: these spider-men's reputation grew, and other young people wanted to practice. David and Sébastien share their passion with anybody who wants to know. The news is spreading: from neighbour cities of noisy and sarcelles, young people move to evry to learn the parkour. The rumour works well, and the show 'notre dame de Paris' offers them to go on a tour, but David and sébastien refuse: a two years tour across France would cut them from their base, and above all they don't want to abandon the other young people who need their help. Then luc besson comes up with a script for yamakasi. They refuse that too. The scenario presents them as revolted boys from housing estates who trick the police and use their skills to steal. Seb explains: 'us, that we don't want, it's to prostitute our art' chilling incorruptible ones. For how long? Seven of the newcomers - including David's cousin give in the temptation and play in the movie. They separate from the group of evry, and rename themselves the yamakasis (strong man, strong spirit). Once famous, they claim to have invented the Parkour, betraying the true parkourists. David, Seb and the others (Stéphane Vigroux, Yoann Vigroux, Jérome ben Aoues, Rudy Duong, Kazuma and Michael Ramdami) rename themselves the 'traceurs'. Irritated by this story, they tell me that: 'to anyone who want to learn the art of parkour, it's welcome, but for the media events, we reserve us the right to choose: now we know who come to train when there's a TV near, and who's really got the passion'. We understand them.