L'Immortel (2010)
Directed by Richard Berry

Crime / Thriller
aka: 22 Bullets

Film Synopsis

Former gangland boss Charly Matteï had hoped that his criminal past is long dead and buried.  Now he leads a sedate but honest life in the company of his wife and children, and has no intention of resuming his erstwhile gangster activities.  Unfortunately, burying the past is not quite so simple as he imagines.  One winter's morning, he is attacked by a gang of armed thugs and left for dead in a Marseille car park.  Despite the fact he has been struck by 22 bullets, Charly survives and, once he has recovered, he sets about uncovering the identity of his attackers.  When a friend of his, Karim, is murdered by the same hitmen who tried to kill him, Charly's patient investigation turns into a determined campaign of revenge.  Now he will be satisfied with nothing less than the deaths of everyone who sought to put him out of the way.  In this, he will be assisted by Marie Goldman, a woman cop who hasn't yet got over the murder of her husband...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Richard Berry
  • Script: Franz-Olivier Giesbert (novel), Richard Berry, Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière, Eric Assous (dialogue)
  • Cinematographer: Thomas Hardmeier
  • Music: Klaus Badelt
  • Cast: Jean Reno (Charly Matteï), Marina Foïs (Marie Goldman), Kad Merad (Tony Zacchia), Jean-Pierre Darroussin (Martin Beaudinard), Guillaume Gouix (Le morvelous), Joey Starr (Le pistachier), Gabriella Wright (Yasmina Telaa), Richard Berry (Aurelio Rampoli), Daniel Lundh (Malek Telaa), Claude Gensac (Mme Fontarosa), Venantino Venantini (Padovano), Grégory Gatignol (Martin 20 ans), Fani Kolarova (Christelle Mattei), Yan Brian (Le directeur de cabinet), Jean-Claude Bouillon (Martinelli), Moussa Maaskri (Karim), Denis Braccini (Le boumian), Carlo Brandt (Fontarosa), Jessica Forde (Clothilde), Joséphine Berry (Eva)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French / English
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 115 min
  • Aka: 22 Bullets ; Bullets

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