Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
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A darkly comedic meta-thriller that blurs the line between a horror film and real murders at Cannes, mixing genre pastiche with genuine menace.
A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.
Essence
Ensemble
Chantal Lauby
Odile Deray / Louise, TV journalist
Alain Chabat
Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist
Dominique Farrugia
Simon Jérémi / Benjamin / Michel, TV journalist
Gérard Darmon
Commissioner Patrick Bialès / Maurice Bialès / Alicia Lampéro
Sam Karmann
Disturbing man / Youri / Émile Gravier
Jean-Christophe Bouvet
Jean-Paul Martoni
Eric Prat
Philippe Garcia
Marc de Jonge
Serge Karamazov's boss
Valérie Lemercier
M. Jacques' widow
Patrick Lizana
Grimaldi, policeman
Tchéky Karyo
Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist
Daniel Gélin
Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist
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