Les Fugitifs
1986 French film
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Key Takeaways
- Les Fugitifs (English: "The Fugitives" ) is a French 1986 action comedy film, directed by Francis Veber.
- In the film, an experienced bank robber is taken hostage during a bank robbery.
- Plot After serving a five-year sentence for 14 bank robberies, Jean Lucas (Depardieu) is released from prison.
- On his release day, when he goes to the bank to open an account, François Pignon (Richard), who takes too much time robbing the bank, allowing the police to appear, kidnaps him and accidentally shoots him in the leg.
- Lucas forces François to go to the police and confess to so that Lucas would be cleared but, once they arrive, the police mistake Lucas as the robber, forcing him to escape.
Les Fugitifs (English: "The Fugitives") is a French 1986 action comedy film, directed by Francis Veber. It was remade in 1989 as Three Fugitives, also directed by Veber.
In the film, an experienced bank robber is taken hostage during a bank robbery. His former nemesis thinks that he orchestrated the latest robbery, and the veteran robber is forced to flee with his former captor.
Plot
After serving a five-year sentence for 14 bank robberies, Jean Lucas (Depardieu) is released from prison. He intends to end his criminal lifestyle. On his release day, when he goes to the bank to open an account, François Pignon (Richard), who takes too much time robbing the bank, allowing the police to appear, kidnaps him and accidentally shoots him in the leg. However, Lucas' former nemesis, police commissioner Duroc (Maurice Barrier), doesn't believe he is a hostage, given his record. Lucas forces François to go to the police and confess to so that Lucas would be cleared but, once they arrive, the police mistake Lucas as the robber, forcing him to escape. François follows, and ends up taking him to Dr. Martin (Jean Carmet), a senile veterinarian friend of his late father, to treat his wound.
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