Le Boulet


Le Boulet is a French film directed by Alain Berbérian and Frédéric Forestier, released in 2002.

Plot

Moltès, a killer in prison, plays the lottery every week and sends the tickets with Reggio, a guard, so that the latter's wife, Pauline, can have them validated. One day the ticket is a winner, but Pauline is at a car rally in Africa, unknowingly carrying the ticket with her. Moltès wanting to recover his due, escapes and forces Reggio to accompany him. However, he becomes the target of his nemesis, another gangster nicknamed "The Turk", and his bodyguard named Requin, a giant with teeth of steel.

Cast

Shooting took place in Paris and North Africa.
The man who reads a newspaper with Moltès' photo on the back is Jean-Marc Deschamps, the production manager. There are numerous cameo appearances; Nicolas Anelka appears as a football player, Jamel Debbouze as a prison guard in Mali, and musicians Stomy Bugsy and Marco Prince and comedian Omar Sy as killer brothers.
The scriptwriter and producer Thomas Langmann made a small cameo in the role of the Turk's brother.
The Turk's bodyguard is a reference to the notorious hitman known as "Jaws" played by Richard Kiel in the James Bond films The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker.