Cast

Michel Serrault Mathieu Kassovitz Mehdi Benoufa Robert Gendreu Danièle Lebrun François Levantal

Credits

Written by: Nicolas Boukhrief

Plot

Old professional killer Wagner seeks someone to teach what he knows, and picks a young man.

Sinekatalog’s take

Mathieu Kassovitz's black comedy, with Michel Serrault and himself, is a provocative satire about violence in the media.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (2,381 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.

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