Toni (1999)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.3/10   

Réalisateur:

Philomène Esposito

Writers:

Philomène Esposito (writer)
Patrick Laurent (writer)

Release Date:

20 janvier 1999 (France)

Genre:

Crime | Drame | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Organized Crime | Hitman | Family Feud | Italian

Avis des utilisateurs:

Entertaining but lacking credibility

Ensemble

Alessandro Gassman	...	Toni
Béatrice Dalle	...	Marie
Raf Vallone	...	Le vieux / The Old Man
Venantino Venantini	...	Minelli
Elena Varzi	...	Sylvana
Martin Esposito	...	L'ange gardien
Roland Marchisio	...	Pippo
Salvatore Ingoglia	...	L'homme de main de Minelli
Bruno Delahaye	...	Jacques
Mario Iera	...	Le patron du restaurant
Alessio Caruso
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Roger Knobelspiess

Réalisé par
Philomène Esposito

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Philomène Esposito		writer
Patrick Laurent		writer

Produit par
Pier Francesco Aiello	....	co-producer
Olivier Granier	....	producer
Daniel Szuster	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Alexandre Desplat

Image
Emmanuel Machuel		(as Manuel Machuel)

Montage
Nicolas Barachin

Distribution des rôles
Paula Chevallet
Bruno Delahaye

Création des décors
Christian Marti
Gilles Saulnier		(uncredited)

Création des costumes
Luigi Bonanno
Nathalie Cercuel

Directeur de production
Gilles Saulnier	....	unit production manager
Daniel Szuster	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Alexandre Billon	....	second assistant director
Pierre Sénélas	....	first assistant director

Technicien du son
Christian Fontaine	....	sound engineer
Emmanuel Le Gall	....	boom operator
Eric LeGarçon	....	sound editor
Jonathan Liebling	....	foley artist
Jean-Pierre Ruh	....	sound engineer

Cascadeur
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator

Production Companies

• Galfin
• P.F.A. Films

Distributors

• Ariane Distribution (France)

Durée:

90 min

Pays:

France | Italy

Langue:

Français

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Dolby SR

Classification:

France:U

Company:

Galfin

Entertaining but lacking credibility

Toni arrives in Paris coming by train from Calabria. He enters an Italian restaurant and kills the owner who is member of the Minelli family. For no obvious reason he stays in Paris and meets an old man who is living in kind of an asylum because he murdered another Italian family many years ago. Only the mother of that family survived. The old man tells him that the Minelli family will seek revenge and try to kill him. Toni now meets the Minellis again and talks with them. He gets nervous and kills 3 more family members. He continues to talk with the old man who tells him that the killing was necessary and that Toni's family always considered Toni a bastard because he was an illegitimate child. Because of that they sent him to Paris to get rid of him. The only way to achieve reconciliation would be to kill a certain Buffo. After that his family would forgive him. Overall the story is entertaining to follow but it's the kind of story where you are not allowed to ask too many questions - like e.g. why doesn't Toni himself know anything about the bastard story. I haven't seen any real plot holes, though. I found the acting to be OK and the overall impression of the movie was mediocre. Besides the talky relationship between Toni and the old man there is some action and a little romantic subplot where a French girl falls in love with the Calabrian guy and surprisingly they talk without any language problems. The French authorities never interfere so that the murder plot can continue.

Recommended if you have some time to kill and like any of the actors.