''Raid dingue'' is a 2016 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

written and directed by

Dany Boon Dany Boon (; born Daniel Farid Hamidou on 26 June 1966) is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. Starting out as a comedian during the 1990s, he found success in 2008 as an actor and director in the film comedy ''Welcome to ...

Plot

Johanna Pasquali ( Alice Pol) is a young woman who dreams to be part of the elite national security force

RAID Raid, RAID or Raids may refer to: Attack * Raid (military), a sudden attack behind the enemy's lines without the intention of holding ground * Corporate raid, a type of hostile takeover in business * Panty raid, a prankish raid by male college ...

. Her father is Interior Minister Jacques Pasquali, who pulls strings to get her in as a trainee with the condition that his involvement remains secret. He secretly plans to make his daughter disillusioned with RAID and no longer want to be part of it. Johanna and the other trainees are the responsibility of Eugène Froissard (

), whose wife has left him for his brother and is regarded as a jinx by his colleagues. Froissard is furious at the idea of a woman being part of RAID, and intends to find any excuse to make Johanna leave.

Cast

* Alice Pol as Johanna Pasquali *

as Eugène Froissard *

Michel Blanc Michel Blanc (born 16 April 1952) is a French actor, writer and director. He is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs. He is frequently associated with Le Splendid, which he co-founded, along with Thierry Lhermitte, Josiane Balasko, ...

as Jacques Pasquali *

Yvan Attal Yvan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Jacques-Yvan Morin, GOQ (born 1931), politician in Quebec, Canada *Marc-Yvan Côté (born 1947), former Quebec politician and Cabinet Minister for the Quebec Liberal Party *Maurice-Yvan S ...

as Viktor *

Sabine Azéma Sabine Azéma (born 20 September 1949) is a French stage and film actress and director. Born in Paris, she graduated from the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. Career Her film career began in 1975. Azéma appeared in '' A Sunday in the ...

as Marie-Caroline Dubarry * Patrick Mille as Edouard Dubarry *

François Levantal François Levantal (born 14 October 1960) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1986. Filmography Theater Music videos External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Levantal, Francois 1960 births Living people F ...

as Patrick Legrand *

Florent Peyre Florent Peyre (born 14 May 1980) is a French comedian. He is known for participating in Laurent Ruquier's sketch comedy show ''On n'demande qu'à en rire''. Filmography * 2016 : ''Storks'' : Junior (French voice) * 2017 : ''Raid dingue ''Raid ...

as Olivier Lopez *

Anne Marivin Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the ...

as The psychologist * Alain Doutey as Bernard Dubarry *

Urbain Cancelier Urbain Cancelier (born 2 August 1959) is a French comedian and actor, primarily known for his collaborations with French film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet Jean-Pierre Jeunet (; born 3 September 1953) is a French film director, producer and scre ...

as The president of the Republic * Sâm Mirhosseini as Ivan

Production

stated the original idea for the film came to him "almost 10 years ago.", at that he would originally play Alice's role in the film. To prepare for the film, Boon met with France’s

(France's equivalent of the FBI's

Hostage Rescue Team The Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) is the elite tactical unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terrorist incidents throughout the ...

) in June 2014. After the

Charlie Hebdo shooting On 7 January 2015, at about 11:30 a.m. CET local time, two French Muslim terrorists and brothers, Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, forced their way into the offices of the French satirical weekly newspaper '' Charlie Hebdo'' in Paris. Armed with ...

, Boon changed the ending of the film. ''Raid dingue'' was set to start shooting in France and Belgium in late February 2016.

Release

''Raid dingue'' opened in France on 1 February 2017. The film grossed $31.6 million for Pathé, taking second place in the 2017 box office as of the end of November.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Raid dingue 2016 films 2016 comedy films French comedy films 2010s French-language films Films directed by Dany Boon Belgian comedy films Women in law enforcement in fiction French-language Belgian films 2010s French films