La Tour Montparnasse Infernale is a 2001 French

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directed by Charles Nemes and co-written and starred by Eric Judor,

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and

Pierre-François Martin-Laval Pierre-François Martin-Laval (nicknamed "PEF") is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and theatre director. PEF is well known in France for his acting performances in musical comedy but also in serious plays. He studied at the famous Fren ...

. When it came out in cinemas in Canada, it was translated into ''Don't Die Too Hard'' in reference to ''

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La Tour 2 contrôle infernale ''La Tour de contrôle infernale'' (or ''La Tour 2 contrôle infernale'' on the billing, often used in the medias) is a French and Belgian surreal crime comedy film written, produced and starred by Éric Judor and Ramzy Bedia, released in 2016. ...

'' was released in 2016.

Plot

Éric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Eric thinks that he has a date with beautiful Marie-Joëlle (real name is Stéphanie Lanceval), They stay at work late, but a gang of terrorists seize the tower and take its late-night occupants (including Marie-Joëlle) hostage. Knowing that only they can save the day, Éric and Ramzy swing into action.

Cast

* Eric Judor and

as the windows washers *

Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department of Hauts-de-Seine in a family from Russian, Jewish Egyptian, German and Italian ancestry, Marina Foïs was discove ...

as Stéphanie Lanceval (Marie-Joëlle) *

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as Michel Vignault a.k.a. Machin * Michel Puterflam as Lanceval * Bô Gaultier de Kermoal as Ming *

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as Hans *

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as Greg * Georges Trillat as Peter * Bruce Johnson as Chris * Laurence Pollet-Villard as Sylvie *

as Tran * Olivier Balazuc as Fils 4 Lanceval *

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as Le commissaire * Étienne Fauduet as Séparatiste corse * Benoît Giros as Jean-Louis * François Goizé as Pilote hélicoptère * Vincent Haquin as Chef GIGN *

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as Fils 1 Lanceval * Grégory Lemoigne as Fils 3 Lanceval *Frederic Moreau as Séparatiste basque * Gyuri Nemes as Séparatiste Breton * Marc Raffat as Pilote hélicoptère *

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as Homme du RAID * Philippe Schwartz as Fils 5 Lanceval * Volodia Serre as Fils 2 Lanceval * Joey Starr as Youston *

Omar Sy Omar Sy (, ff, 𞤌𞤥𞤢𞤪 𞤅𞤭, Omar Si; born 20 January 1978) is a French actor, best known in France for his sketches with Fred Testot on the '' Service après-vente des émissions'' television show on Canal+ (2005–2012). He gaine ...

as Taxi driver *

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as Policier fumeur

References

External links

* French crime comedy films 2001 films 2001 comedy films Films set in Paris 2000s French films 2000s French-language films {{2000s-France-film-stub