The read
A Balasaur Score of 54 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.4/10. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is "Janus"; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe...
Ratings
171 audience votes
Key crew
- Frédéric SchoendoerfferDirector
- Bruno CoulaisOriginal Music Composer
- Yann BrionWriter
- Olivier DouyèreWriter
- Ludovic SchoendoerfferWriter
- Jean CosmosWriter
- Frédéric SchoendoerfferWriter
Cast
- Vincent CasselBrisseau
- Monica BellucciBarbara
- André DussollierColonel Grasset
- Charles BerlingEugène
- Bruno TodeschiniHomme maigre en civil
- Sergio Peris-MenchetaRaymond
- Ludovic SchoendoerfferLoïc
- Éric SavinTony
- Serge AvédikianIgor Lipovsky
- Gabrielle LazureVéronique Lipovsky
- Najwa NimriMaria Menendez
- Simón AndreuMaître Deligny
