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The Target
1997 5.6 (5 votes) 1h 35m
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
UFD

The Target (La Cible)

Overview

A young French sailor falls in love with a Russian tourist during a passion-filled three-day furlough, but is whisked away for a months worth of submarine duty before he can learn her last name and Moscow address. When he is finally freed again, he embarks upon a search for his lost love. Unfortunately, while his aim is true, his timing is off. His first stop is the broadcast headquarters of a major television network. He arrives shortly before the place blasted apart by a bomb. Later, he goes to the apartment of a noted talk-show host in hopes of receiving air-time during which he will plead for information concerning his lost love. But things don't come out as planned for somehow, the sailor ends up considered the prime suspect in the bombing while the real-life terrorist and his cohort, who happen to be in the same apartment building in hopes of knocking off a crooked judge.

Key Crew

Director: Pierre Courrège

Director of Photography: Yves Dahan

Producer: Laurent Thiry

Writer: Bernard Rosselli, Pierre Courrège, Pauline Daumale

Top Cast

Daniel Russo
Daniel Russo

Jean-Pierre Bellac

Sagamore Stévenin
Sagamore Stévenin

Chris

Anémone
Anémone

Clara

Hippolyte Girardot
Hippolyte Girardot

Stan

Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Jean-Claude Dreyfus

Le Préfet

Tchee

Zlotz

Vanessa Guedj
Vanessa Guedj

Valérie

Jordi Mollà
Jordi Mollà

Luigi

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