Largo Winch (2008)

Note Générale:

6,5/10   

Réalisateur:

Jérôme Salle

Scénaristes:

Philippe Francq (graphic novel)
Julien Rappeneau (writer)

Date de sortie:

17 décembre 2008 (Belgium)

Genre:

Aventure | Thriller

Intrigue:

After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic | Based On Graphic Novel | Based On Comic Book | Hong Kong | Based On Novel

Récompenses:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Nice shot, but...

Ensemble

Tomer Sisley	...	Largo Winch
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Ann Ferguson
Miki Manojlovic	...	Nerio Winch
Mélanie Thierry	...	Léa / Naomi
Gilbert Melki	...	Freddy
Karel Roden	...	Mikhail Korsky
Steven Waddington	...	Stephan Marcus
Anne Consigny	...	Hannah
Radivoje Bukvic	...	Goran
Nicolas Vaude	...	Gauthier - the butler
Benedict Wong	...	Wiliam Kwan
Gérard Watkins	...	Cattaneo
Wolfgang Pissors	...	Attinger
Theodore Thomas	...	Greenfield (as Ted Thomas)
David Gasman	...	Alexander Meyer

Durée:

108 min

Pays:

France

Langue:

Français | Anglais | Serbo-Croatian

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

2,35 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | Dolby SR | DTS

Classification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18

Lieux de tournage:

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Société:

Pan Européenne Production

Anecdotes:

In the comic book, Largo is raised by a Liechtensteinian couple. In the movie the couple is Croatian.

Goofs:

élément de l'intrigue manquant: To own a Liechtensteinian anstalt (company) like the one owning the W group in the comic book and the movie, one just has to put his name on the shares. So when Largo lost the shares during the pursuit in the movie, he should have lost the group without any possibility of getting it back. (This detail is clearly specified in the comic book.)

Connexions:

version de "Largo Winch: Legacy (#1.1)" (2001)

Bande son:

Wire To Wire

Nice shot, but...

Who doesn't know Largo Winch in the France-Belgium-Luxemburg trio (the three countries where the French "BD" or "Bandes Dessinées" are massively published) ? 18 years after the publication of the first comic book, which is itself an adaptation of a series of novels, it HAD to be adapted on screens. After a first - and failed- attempt with a TV show, the real thing begins.

First of all, and that's what most of the fans didn't get, the goal of this movie is not strictly to adapt the comic book series. Some essential parts, characters and actions of the original are missing. The movie itself offers an alternative and more modern version of the series. As a 1st class-fan of the comic book, I must confess I was nicely surprised. The actors are good, so is the scenario, though it might seem too fast. I thus recommend this movie to all those interested by financial/political thrillers, but it is clearly not an alternative to James Bond or Jason Bourne series as I could read over the internet.