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Also known as Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes

2001 film by Ariel Zeitoun

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Yamakasi is a 2001 French action, crime, and drama film directed by Ariel Zeitoun and written by Luc Besson. Produced by EuropaCorp, Leeloo Productions, and Canal+, the movie features a cast including Camille Cottin and Jo Prestia. The narrative is set in Paris and explores themes involving street gangs and police. JoeyStarr composed the musical score for the production.

The film has a runtime of 90 minutes and was released on April 4, 2001. It was distributed by EuropaCorp and Netflix in video on demand format. Yamakasi is part of the Yamakasi Collection and was followed by Les fils du vent. Critical reception includes a vote average of 6.038 on TMDb and a rating of 6.1 on IMDb. The production had a budget of 15,000,000 and generated revenue of 1,297,401.

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Film · TMDB

6.0

Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.

Released: 2001-04-0490 minDir: Ariel ZeitounAction, Crime, DramaBudget: $15.0MBox office: $1.3MPart of: Yamakasi Collection

Cast

  • Châu Belle Dinh as Baseball
  • Williams Belle as L`Araignee
  • Malik Diouf as La Belette
  • Yann Hnautra as Zicmu
  • Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke as Rocket
  • Charles Perrière as Sitting Bull

Themes

  • street gang
  • france
  • paris, france
  • police
  • roof
  • ghetto
  • parkour
  • thief

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Ratings

IMDb

6.1/10

14,062 votes

Year
2001
Runtime
90 min
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
France
Original language
French
Followed by
Les fils du vent
Production company
EuropaCorp
Narrative location
Paris
Duration
90
FilmAffinity ID
273575
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
2001-01-01
title
Yamakasi
distributed by
Netflix
language of work or name
French
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