''Un ticket pour l'espace'' is a French

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directed by

Éric Lartigau Eric Lartigau (born 20 June 1964) is a French director and screenwriter. Personal life His wife Marina Foïs Marina Sylvie Foïs (born 21 January 1970) is a French actress. Life and career Born in Boulogne-Billancourt in the department o ...

released in

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Plot

In the year 2005, a contest is organised to convince French people on the interest of space research and its budget. The contest consists of a scratch game with millions of

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s, where the two winners will receive tickets for space. The winners leave for the French orbital station with two professional

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s and a scientist. However, once in space, the adventure takes an unexpected turn. One of the contestants, who cheated to obtain his ticket, is revealed to be a dangerous madman seeking for revenge.

Cast

Kad Merad Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, ; 27 March 1964) is a French-Algerian writer and actor. Life and career Kad Merad was born in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria, on 27 March 1964 to an Algerian father and a French mother. During his teens, he played d ...

as Stéphane Cardoux *

Olivier Baroux Olivier Baroux (born 5 January 1964) is a French actor, comedian, writer and director who has acted both on stage and on screen. He first became known in forming with Kad Merad Kad Merad (born Kaddour Merad, ; 27 March 1964) is a French-Alger ...

as Colonel Romain Beaulieu *

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 people, Russian, Egyptian Jews, Jewish Egyptian, German people, German a ...

as Soizic Le Guilvinec *

Guillaume Canet Guillaume Canet (; born 10 April 1973) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter, and Show jumping, show jumper. Canet began his career in theatre and television before moving to film. He starred in several films like ''Joyeux Noël'', ...

as Alexandre Yonis / Alexandre Guérin / Bernard Guérin *

André Dussollier André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the ...

as Werburger *

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 Fre ...

as Poushy * as

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Rochette * Frédérique Bel as

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* as Hugo * as Valérie Mertens * Jacques Lafolye as Charlemagne * as Yves Bugier *

as The director *

Thierry Frémont Thierry Frémont (born 24 July 1962) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films and television shows since 1984. He starred in the 1991 film '' Fortune Express'', which was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival. ...

as theater

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Vincent Moscato Thierry Vincent Moscato, known as Vincent Moscato (born 28 July 1965, in Paris) is a former French rugby union player as well as radio talk host and actor. Moscato played as a hooker. He won the French Top 14 title with CA Bordeaux-Bègles Giro ...

as vigil *

Judith El Zein Judith El Zein (born 1 November 1976) is a French actress. Filmography Theater References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zein, Judith 1976 births Living people French television actresses French film actresses French stage actre ...

as Soizic's Colleague *

Anne Marivin Anne Marivin (born 23 January 1974) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than fifty film and television productions since 1994. Marivin was noticed in television appearances such as ''Tel père, tel flic'' (2001) and ''Père et Maire'' ...

as female astronaut * Véronique Barrault as

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as doctor * as jailer * as minister

External links

References

2006 films French comedy films French action films French science fiction films French parody films Films set in the future Fiction about Miss France Films about beauty queens 2000s French films {{2000s-France-film-stub