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Secret Agents (2004)
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...
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From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...
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Genre:Action, Crime, Thriller
Written By:Yann Brion, Olivier Douyère, Jean Cosmos, Frédéric Schoendoerffer, Ludovic Schoendoerffer
In Theaters:3/3/2004
Box Office:$6,166,893
Runtime:109 minutes
Studio:La Chauve Souris, Carcharodon, TF1 Films Production
Cast
Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Director
Vincent Cassel
Brisseau
Monica Bellucci
Barbara
André Dussollier
Colonel Grasset
Charles Berling
Eugène
Bruno Todeschini
Homme maigre en civil
Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Raymond
Ludovic Schoendoerffer
Loïc
Éric Savin
Tony
Serge Avédikian
Igor Lipovsky
Gabrielle Lazure
Véronique Lipovsky
Najwa Nimri
Maria Menendez
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