Apr 10, 2002
107 min
Full-HD

Dead Weight (2002)

After winning the lottery, a convict must chase down the warden who has his winning ticket.

Category

Comedy

Country

France United Kingdom

Companies

France 2 Cinéma France 3 Cinéma TPS Cinéma La Petite Reine Warner Bros. Pictures

Benoît Poelvoorde

Francis Reggio

Gérard Lanvin

Gérard Moltès

José Garcia

Mustapha Amel, aka "The Turk"

Djimon Hounsou

Detective Youssouf

Rossy de Palma

Pauline Reggio

Jean Benguigui

Saddam

Gary Tiplady

Requin, the Giant

Gérard Darmon

Kowalski

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