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| − | Largo Winch | + | Largo Winch is a French film, adapted from the eponymous comic strip, realized by [[Jérôme Salle]], that came out on December 17th, 2008 at the cinema. |
| − | + | A continuation, [[Largo Winch 2 | Largo Winch II (2011)]], came out on February 16th, 2011. | |
==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
| − | [[File:Largo Winch Film Still 1.jpg|thumb|Photographie du tournage]] | + | [[File:Largo Winch Film Still 1.jpg|thumb|Photographie du tournage]] |
| − | + | The multimillionaire Nerio Winch has officially drowned. At the head of the financial empire, the Group W, his death is forcibly suspicious. An unexpected heir then surfaces: Largo, adopted secretly by Nerio. | |
| − | + | While Nerio's yacht sails one evening near Hong Kong, a diver comes into sight and catches the businessman to draw him away under the water and drowns him. | |
| − | Largo | + | The same day, Largo comes in a village of Mato Grosso to make a tattoo which will make him invincible. Hearing the cries of a woman, Léa, he intervenes and comes to fight with suspicious policemen. |
| − | + | Largo manages to run away with Léa. Later, they make love. Taking advantage of Largo's sleep, Léa injects him with a drug. Policemen come to stop Largo, poisoned, and discover sachets of drug. The chief of the policemen announces him that he will pass 50 years of his life in prison. | |
| − | + | A policeman comes to get Largo in his cell the following day. This one, pretending to be unconscious, manages to get the revolver from the policeman and to lock him up, him and his team mate. Largo heads for the office of the chief of the policemen and discovers Freddy, a loyal supporter of Nerio buying his freedom and announces him the death of Nerio. Largo refuses his assistance and stuns the leader of the policemen. The two run away. | |
| − | + | Freddy and Largo take over a van and break down the steel door after having destroyed two cars and two motorcycles, while policemen fire shots in their direction. While they take a slope down, Largo realizes that the brakes of their vehicle don't work any more. They avoid a truck by chance, lower down, they hit the ledge of the road and their vehicle makes barrels, stopping on the roadway. | |
| − | + | The truck which they just missed goes down towards them. Largo climbs out of the van and has to help Freddy to climb out of it. A split second later, the truck mows their van. | |
| − | + | The following day, the two meet in Hong Kong, where Largo must be officially introduced as the heir of the Group W. At the same time, the senior managements of the group discuss the future of the conglomerate, the biggest to have been kept by a single person. Ann Ferguson makes the announcement that there is a heir of whom she heard for the first time the former day. | |
| − | + | While senior managements discuss, Largo is introduced to them. The higher staff question him, unable to accept that such a young person could take the reins of such a financial empire. A society's top graded gets into the meeting room to warn Largo, but he is slaughtered by a shooter from a room concealed by a tinted window pane. Largo runs after the shooter and finds himself in a luxurious room. He is taken by the leader of security, Stephan Marcus who immediately realizes his error. The killer seems to have disappeared. | |
| − | Ferguson | + | Largo learns that the Group W is discreetly going through a hostile takeover bid. To counter it, Ferguson offers to take over Korsky's group in a couple of days. For this operation to succeed, the group must borrow 3 thousand millions USD, what is seen as impossible since he is in a precarious situation and must announce publicly his intention of doing it, that will allow Korsky to become less vulnerable. |
| − | + | Ferguson points out that an individual can throw a hostile takeover bid without making it public. Largo can possibly borrow 3 thousand millions USD by putting in guarantee his shares of the Group W. On the contrary, one still discusses for the legitimacy of Largo as successor. He maintains that he will be back in 24 hours with the parts of the group, which are officially registered in Liechtenstein. | |
| − | == | + | But all that hides a trap. |
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| − | * | + | ==Technical data sheet== |
| − | * Production : [[Philippe Godeau]] et [[Nathalie Gastaldo]] | + | * Direction: [[Jérôme Salle]] |
| − | * | + | * Script: [[Julien Rappeneau]] et [[Jérôme Salle]], d'après la bande dessinée éponyme de [[Jean Van Hamme]] et [[Philippe Francq]] |
| − | * | + | * Production: [[Philippe Godeau]] et [[Nathalie Gastaldo]] |
| − | * | + | * Music: [[Alexandre Desplat]] |
| − | * | + | * Picture: [[Denis Rouden]] |
| − | * Costumes : [[Radija Zeggai]] | + | * Assembly: [[Richard Marizy]] |
| − | * Direction | + | * Decors: [[Michel Barthélémy]] |
| − | * | + | * Costumes: [[Radija Zeggai]] |
| − | * | + | * Direction of special effects : [[Alain Carsoux]] |
| − | * | + | * Stunts: [[Stéphane Boulay]] |
| − | * | + | * Production: [[Pan-Européenne]] |
| − | * | + | * Distribution: [[Wild Bunch]] |
| − | * Format : | + | * Country of origin France |
| − | * Budget : 25 | + | * Original languages: French, English and Serbian |
| − | * Date | + | * Format: Colours |
| + | * Budget: 25 million euros | ||
| + | * Date of exit: December 17th, 2008 | ||
== Distribution == | == Distribution == | ||
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*[[David Gasman]] : ''Alexander Meyer'' | *[[David Gasman]] : ''Alexander Meyer'' | ||
*[[Elizabeth Bennet]] : ''Miss Pennywinkle'' | *[[Elizabeth Bennet]] : ''Miss Pennywinkle'' | ||
| − | *[[Eddy Ko]] : '' | + | *[[Eddy Ko]] : ''Tatooist'' |
*[[Bojana Panic]] : ''Melina'' | *[[Bojana Panic]] : ''Melina'' | ||
*[[Ivan Marevich]] : ''Josip'' | *[[Ivan Marevich]] : ''Josip'' | ||
*[[André Oumansky]] : ''Jacques Wallenberg'' | *[[André Oumansky]] : ''Jacques Wallenberg'' | ||
| − | *[[Digger Mesch]] : '' | + | *[[Digger Mesch]] : ''Policeman'' |
*[[Emmanuel Avena]] : ''Hicham'' | *[[Emmanuel Avena]] : ''Hicham'' | ||
*[[Micaelle Mee-Sook]] : ''Rebecca'' | *[[Micaelle Mee-Sook]] : ''Rebecca'' | ||
| − | *[[Benjamin Siksou]] : ''Largo Winch | + | *[[Benjamin Siksou]] : ''Teenage Largo Winch'' |
| − | *[[Kerian Mayan]] : ''Largo Winch | + | *[[Kerian Mayan]] : ''Child Largo Winch'' |
| − | *[[Jake Vella]] : ''Largo Winch | + | *[[Jake Vella]] : ''Baby Largo Winch'' |
| − | *[[Aidan Aquilina]] : ''Nerio | + | *[[Aidan Aquilina]] : ''Child Nerio'' |
| − | *[[Andre George Agius]] : ''Nerio | + | *[[Andre George Agius]] : ''Teenage Nerio'' |
| − | *[[Léo-Paul Salmain]] : ''Goran | + | *[[Léo-Paul Salmain]] : ''Child Goran'' |
| − | *[[Julian De Gorgio]] : ''Goran | + | *[[Julian De Gorgio]] : ''Baby Goran'' |
| − | *[[Warren Jacquin]] : ''Goran | + | *[[Warren Jacquin]] : ''Teenage Goran'' |
| − | *[[Danica Cesljevic]] : ''Melina | + | *[[Danica Cesljevic]] : ''Teenage Melina'' |
| − | *[[Angele Galea]] : '' | + | *[[Angele Galea]] : ''Nerio Winch's mother'' |
| − | *[[Lubomir Misak]] : '' | + | *[[Lubomir Misak]] : ''Nerio Winch's father'' |
| − | *[[Stuart Ong]] : '' | + | *[[Stuart Ong]] : ''Saint John Hospital Manager'' |
| − | *[[Marica Vuletic Naumovic]] : '' | + | *[[Marica Vuletic Naumovic]] : ''Head of the orphanage'' |
| − | *[[Marija Opsenica Zivkovic]] : '' | + | *[[Marija Opsenica Zivkovic]] : ''New head of the orphanage'' |
| − | *[[Nina Radonjic]] : '' | + | *[[Nina Radonjic]] : ''Pediatric nurse of the orphanage'' |
| − | *[[Michel Dubois]] : '' | + | *[[Michel Dubois]] : ''Manager of the school'' |
| − | *[[Jessie Cheung]] : '' | + | *[[Jessie Cheung]] : ''Restaurant's Hostess'' |
| − | *[[Joe Cortis]] : '' | + | *[[Joe Cortis]] : ''Security guard of the orphanage'' |
| − | *[[Sin Ho Ying Thomas]] : '' | + | *[[Sin Ho Ying Thomas]] : ''Sailor of the yacht'' |
*[[Murray Burton]] : ''Kramer'' | *[[Murray Burton]] : ''Kramer'' | ||
| − | *[[Jason Ying]] : '' | + | *[[Jason Ying]] : ''Room service hotel server'' |
| − | *[[Cathy Lam]] : '' | + | *[[Cathy Lam]] : ''Lounge hostess'' |
*[[Predrag Vasic]] : ''Danis Vlatkovic'' | *[[Predrag Vasic]] : ''Danis Vlatkovic'' | ||
| − | *[[Tenessa Tampied-Dupuis]] : '' | + | *[[Tenessa Tampied-Dupuis]] : ''Goran's girlfriend'' |
| − | *[[Byron W. Jeong]] : '' | + | *[[Byron W. Jeong]] : ''Chinese businessman'' |
| − | *[[Derek Ting]] : '' | + | *[[Derek Ting]] : ''Technician of the hotel'' |
| − | *[[Alberto Bettencourt]] : '' | + | *[[Alberto Bettencourt]] : ''Leader of the militiamen'' |
| − | *[[Oseas Garcia]] : '' | + | *[[Oseas Garcia]] : ''Militiaman'' |
| − | *[[Vincent Haquin]] : '' | + | *[[Vincent Haquin]] : ''Militiaman'' |
| − | *[[Patrick Vo]] : '' | + | *[[Patrick Vo]] : ''Marcus' Bodyguard'' |
| − | *[[Audrey Ottaviano]] : '' | + | *[[Audrey Ottaviano]] : ''Marcus's bodyguard'' |
| − | *[[Pascal Guillemin]] : '' | + | *[[Pascal Guillemin]] : ''Marcus's bodyguard'' |
| − | *[[Michael Langton]] : '' | + | *[[Michael Langton]] : ''Financial director of Korsky'' |
| − | *[[Louisa Bojesen]] : '' | + | *[[Louisa Bojesen]] : ''Presenter TV CNBC '' |
| − | *[[Ross Westgate]] : '' | + | *[[Ross Westgate]] : ''Newscaster TV CNBC '' |
| − | *[[Jacky Chu]] : '' | + | *[[Jacky Chu]] : ''Sound mixer TV'' |
| − | *[[Glen Chin]] : '' | + | *[[Glen Chin]] : ''Policeman'' |
| − | *[[Stuart Lee Markham]] : '' | + | *[[Stuart Lee Markham]] : ''Policeman'' |
| − | *[[Wai Fung Mak]] : '' | + | *[[Wai Fung Mak]] : ''Policeman'' |
| − | *[[Paul Mau]] : '' | + | *[[Paul Mau]] : ''Policeman'' |
| − | *[[Emerson Cortez]] : '' | + | *[[Emerson Cortez]] : ''Policeman'' |
| − | *[[Jefferson Cortez]] : '' | + | *[[Jefferson Cortez]] : ''Policeman'' |
| − | *[[Joselito Mateos]] : '' | + | *[[Joselito Mateos]] : ''Member of the Council Winch Co'' |
| − | *[[Koji Furudoi]] : '' | + | *[[Koji Furudoi]] : ''Member of the Council Winch Co'' |
| − | *[[Gérard Ouradou dit Grégory]] : '' | + | *[[Gérard Ouradou dit Grégory]] : ''Member of the Council Winch Co'' |
| − | *[[Roger Kajman]] : '' | + | *[[Roger Kajman]] : ''Member of the Council Winch Co'' |
| − | *[[Jean-Pierre Frankfower]] : '' | + | *[[Jean-Pierre Frankfower]] : ''Member of the Council Winch Co'' |
| − | *[[Jean-Georges Brunet]] : '' | + | *[[Jean-Georges Brunet]] : ''Member of the Council Winch Co'' |
| − | *[[David Tissot]] : '' | + | *[[David Tissot]] : ''Member of the Council Winch Co'' |
| − | === | + | ===Filming=== |
| − | + | Filming took place between August and December, 2007. The main places of filming were: | |
| − | * | + | * Sicily |
| − | * | + | * Malta |
* Hong Kong | * Hong Kong | ||
* Macao | * Macao | ||
| − | * | + | * Serbia |
| − | == | + | ==Rewards== |
| − | * [[World Soundtrack Awards]] 2009 : | + | * [[World Soundtrack Awards]] 2009 : Better compositor of the year for [[Alexander Desplat]], reward allocated for his job on Largo Winch but also on Coco before Chanel, The Strange History of Benjamin Button and Chéri |
| − | * [[Étoiles d'or]] 2009 : | + | * [[Étoiles d'or]] 2009 : Masculine Revelation for [[Tomer Sisley]] |
Revision as of 12:40, 1 January 2012
Largo Winch is a French film, adapted from the eponymous comic strip, realized by Jérôme Salle, that came out on December 17th, 2008 at the cinema.
A continuation, Largo Winch II (2011), came out on February 16th, 2011.
Contents |
Synopsis
The multimillionaire Nerio Winch has officially drowned. At the head of the financial empire, the Group W, his death is forcibly suspicious. An unexpected heir then surfaces: Largo, adopted secretly by Nerio.
While Nerio's yacht sails one evening near Hong Kong, a diver comes into sight and catches the businessman to draw him away under the water and drowns him.
The same day, Largo comes in a village of Mato Grosso to make a tattoo which will make him invincible. Hearing the cries of a woman, Léa, he intervenes and comes to fight with suspicious policemen.
Largo manages to run away with Léa. Later, they make love. Taking advantage of Largo's sleep, Léa injects him with a drug. Policemen come to stop Largo, poisoned, and discover sachets of drug. The chief of the policemen announces him that he will pass 50 years of his life in prison.
A policeman comes to get Largo in his cell the following day. This one, pretending to be unconscious, manages to get the revolver from the policeman and to lock him up, him and his team mate. Largo heads for the office of the chief of the policemen and discovers Freddy, a loyal supporter of Nerio buying his freedom and announces him the death of Nerio. Largo refuses his assistance and stuns the leader of the policemen. The two run away.
Freddy and Largo take over a van and break down the steel door after having destroyed two cars and two motorcycles, while policemen fire shots in their direction. While they take a slope down, Largo realizes that the brakes of their vehicle don't work any more. They avoid a truck by chance, lower down, they hit the ledge of the road and their vehicle makes barrels, stopping on the roadway.
The truck which they just missed goes down towards them. Largo climbs out of the van and has to help Freddy to climb out of it. A split second later, the truck mows their van.
The following day, the two meet in Hong Kong, where Largo must be officially introduced as the heir of the Group W. At the same time, the senior managements of the group discuss the future of the conglomerate, the biggest to have been kept by a single person. Ann Ferguson makes the announcement that there is a heir of whom she heard for the first time the former day.
While senior managements discuss, Largo is introduced to them. The higher staff question him, unable to accept that such a young person could take the reins of such a financial empire. A society's top graded gets into the meeting room to warn Largo, but he is slaughtered by a shooter from a room concealed by a tinted window pane. Largo runs after the shooter and finds himself in a luxurious room. He is taken by the leader of security, Stephan Marcus who immediately realizes his error. The killer seems to have disappeared.
Largo learns that the Group W is discreetly going through a hostile takeover bid. To counter it, Ferguson offers to take over Korsky's group in a couple of days. For this operation to succeed, the group must borrow 3 thousand millions USD, what is seen as impossible since he is in a precarious situation and must announce publicly his intention of doing it, that will allow Korsky to become less vulnerable.
Ferguson points out that an individual can throw a hostile takeover bid without making it public. Largo can possibly borrow 3 thousand millions USD by putting in guarantee his shares of the Group W. On the contrary, one still discusses for the legitimacy of Largo as successor. He maintains that he will be back in 24 hours with the parts of the group, which are officially registered in Liechtenstein.
But all that hides a trap.
Technical data sheet
- Direction: Jérôme Salle
- Script: Julien Rappeneau et Jérôme Salle, d'après la bande dessinée éponyme de Jean Van Hamme et Philippe Francq
- Production: Philippe Godeau et Nathalie Gastaldo
- Music: Alexandre Desplat
- Picture: Denis Rouden
- Assembly: Richard Marizy
- Decors: Michel Barthélémy
- Costumes: Radija Zeggai
- Direction of special effects : Alain Carsoux
- Stunts: Stéphane Boulay
- Production: Pan-Européenne
- Distribution: Wild Bunch
- Country of origin France
- Original languages: French, English and Serbian
- Format: Colours
- Budget: 25 million euros
- Date of exit: December 17th, 2008
Distribution
- Tomer Sisley : Largo Winch
- Kristin Scott Thomas : Ann Ferguson
- Miki Manojlovic : Nerio Winch
- Mélanie Thierry : Léa / Naomi
- Gilbert Melki : Freddy
- Karel Roden : Mikhail Korsky
- Steven Waddington : Stephan Marcus
- Anne Consigny : Hannah
- Radivoje Buksic : Goran
- Nicolas Vaude : Gauthier
- Benedict Wong : William Kwan
- Gerard Watkins : Cattaneo
- Wolfgang Pissors : Attinger
- Ted Thomas : Greenfield
- David Gasman : Alexander Meyer
- Elizabeth Bennet : Miss Pennywinkle
- Eddy Ko : Tatooist
- Bojana Panic : Melina
- Ivan Marevich : Josip
- André Oumansky : Jacques Wallenberg
- Digger Mesch : Policeman
- Emmanuel Avena : Hicham
- Micaelle Mee-Sook : Rebecca
- Benjamin Siksou : Teenage Largo Winch
- Kerian Mayan : Child Largo Winch
- Jake Vella : Baby Largo Winch
- Aidan Aquilina : Child Nerio
- Andre George Agius : Teenage Nerio
- Léo-Paul Salmain : Child Goran
- Julian De Gorgio : Baby Goran
- Warren Jacquin : Teenage Goran
- Danica Cesljevic : Teenage Melina
- Angele Galea : Nerio Winch's mother
- Lubomir Misak : Nerio Winch's father
- Stuart Ong : Saint John Hospital Manager
- Marica Vuletic Naumovic : Head of the orphanage
- Marija Opsenica Zivkovic : New head of the orphanage
- Nina Radonjic : Pediatric nurse of the orphanage
- Michel Dubois : Manager of the school
- Jessie Cheung : Restaurant's Hostess
- Joe Cortis : Security guard of the orphanage
- Sin Ho Ying Thomas : Sailor of the yacht
- Murray Burton : Kramer
- Jason Ying : Room service hotel server
- Cathy Lam : Lounge hostess
- Predrag Vasic : Danis Vlatkovic
- Tenessa Tampied-Dupuis : Goran's girlfriend
- Byron W. Jeong : Chinese businessman
- Derek Ting : Technician of the hotel
- Alberto Bettencourt : Leader of the militiamen
- Oseas Garcia : Militiaman
- Vincent Haquin : Militiaman
- Patrick Vo : Marcus' Bodyguard
- Audrey Ottaviano : Marcus's bodyguard
- Pascal Guillemin : Marcus's bodyguard
- Michael Langton : Financial director of Korsky
- Louisa Bojesen : Presenter TV CNBC
- Ross Westgate : Newscaster TV CNBC
- Jacky Chu : Sound mixer TV
- Glen Chin : Policeman
- Stuart Lee Markham : Policeman
- Wai Fung Mak : Policeman
- Paul Mau : Policeman
- Emerson Cortez : Policeman
- Jefferson Cortez : Policeman
- Joselito Mateos : Member of the Council Winch Co
- Koji Furudoi : Member of the Council Winch Co
- Gérard Ouradou dit Grégory : Member of the Council Winch Co
- Roger Kajman : Member of the Council Winch Co
- Jean-Pierre Frankfower : Member of the Council Winch Co
- Jean-Georges Brunet : Member of the Council Winch Co
- David Tissot : Member of the Council Winch Co
Filming
Filming took place between August and December, 2007. The main places of filming were:
- Sicily
- Malta
- Hong Kong
- Macao
- Serbia
Rewards
- World Soundtrack Awards 2009 : Better compositor of the year for Alexander Desplat, reward allocated for his job on Largo Winch but also on Coco before Chanel, The Strange History of Benjamin Button and Chéri
- Étoiles d'or 2009 : Masculine Revelation for Tomer Sisley