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District 13, also known as Banlieue 13 or District B13, is a 2004 French action, science fiction, and martial arts film directed by Pierre Morel. The screenplay was written by Luc Besson and Larbi Naceri, with Besson also serving as producer. The cast includes David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli, Dany Verissimo, and Tony D'Amario. Set in Paris, the film focuses on organized crime and was distributed by EuropaCorp and Netflix.
The movie has a runtime of 84 minutes and was released on November 9, 2004. It was produced with a budget of 12,000,000 and generated a box office revenue of 9,487,277. The film is followed by District 13: Ultimatum and has a derivative work titled Brick Mansions. Critical reception included a review score of 6.9/10, an 82% rating, and a 70/100 score.
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Film · TMDB
6.8Set in the ghettos of Paris in 2010, an undercover cop and ex-thug try to infiltrate a gang in order to defuse a neutron bomb.
Cast
- David Belle as Leïto
- Cyril Raffaelli as Capt. Damien Tomaso
- Tony D'Amario as K2
- Dany Verissimo-Petit as Lola
- Bibi Naceri as Taha Bemamud
- Nicolas Woirion as Corsini
Themes
- martial arts
- street gang
- paris, france
- bomb
- dystopia
- ghetto
- parkour
- undercover cop
- gang
- drug dealing
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Pierre Morel
- Written by
- Luc Besson Bibi Naceri
- Produced by
- Luc Besson
- Starring
- David Belle Cyril Raffaelli Tony D'Amario Larbi Naceri Dany Verissimo
- Cinematography
- Manuel Teran
- Edited by
- Frédéric Thoraval
- Music by
- Da Octopusss
- Production companies
- EuropaCorp TF1 Films Production
- Distributed by
- EuropaCorp
- Release date
- 10 November 2004 ( 2004-11-10 ) (France)
- Running time
- 86 minutes
- Country
- France
- Language
- French
- Budget
- €13 million
- Box office
- $9.6–$11.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
District B13 (French title Banlieue 13 or B13), is a 2004 French action film directed by Pierre Morel, produced by Luc Besson, and written by Besson and Bibi Naceri. It depicts parkour in several action sequences, which was completed without wires or CGI, leading critics to draw comparisons to the Thai film Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior. David Belle plays Leïto, the story's main character. This is the final film of Tony D'Amario, who plays K2, before his death in 2005.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “District 13” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.