The Serpent (2006 film)
2006 French thriller film
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The Serpent (French title: Le Serpent) is a 2006 French thriller film written and directed by Éric Barbier and based on the 1971 novel Plender by Ted Lewis.[3]
Directed byÉric Barbier
Written byÉric Barbier
Ted Lewis (novel)
Nam Tran-Minh
Ted Lewis (novel)
Nam Tran-Minh
Produced byOlivier Delbosc
Éric Jehelmann
Marc Missonnier
Pierre Rambaldi
Éric Jehelmann
Marc Missonnier
Pierre Rambaldi
StarringYvan Attal
| The Serpent | |
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| Directed by | Éric Barbier |
| Written by | Éric Barbier Ted Lewis (novel) Nam Tran-Minh |
| Produced by | Olivier Delbosc Éric Jehelmann Marc Missonnier Pierre Rambaldi |
| Starring | Yvan Attal |
| Cinematography | Jérôme Robert |
| Edited by | Véronique Lange |
| Music by | Renaud Barbier |
| Distributed by | Wild Bunch Distribution |
Release date |
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| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $10.4 million[1] |
| Box office | $5.8 million[2] |
Plot
A father on the verge of divorce sees his life fall apart after a former classmate brings murder, kidnapping and blackmail into his life. His only chance to escape is by entering the former classmate's world.
Cast
- Yvan Attal as Vincent Mandel
- Clovis Cornillac as Joseph Plender
- Minna Haapkylä as Hélène
- Pierre Richard as Cendras
- Simon Abkarian as Sam
- Olga Kurylenko as Sofia
- Veronika Varga as Catherine
- Jean-Claude Bouillon as Max
- Pierre Marzin as Carbona
- Gerald Laroche as Becker
- Abdelhafid Metalsi as Police Officer at the cemetery
- Manon Tournier as Julietter