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Secret Agents (2004)
Directed by Frédéric Schoendoerffer
Overview
From his offices in Switzerland, Russian Igor Lipovsky is engaged in a vast and profitable gunrunning operation with Africa. The French government wants to hinder the activities of the arms dealer and sends a team to sink one of his ships heading for Angola with a load of illegal weaponry. Lisa, Brisseau, Loïc, Tony and Raymond are professionals: they carefully set up their cover, plan all their moves meticulously, and carry out orders without asking questions. Perhaps they should. The code-name of the mission is “Janus”; and just like with the ancient deity, there are two opposite faces for every aspect of the operation: the objective of the French government, the role of each team member, the presumed friend and the assumed foe…
Length 109 minutes
Actors
Vincent Cassel | Monica Bellucci | André Dussollier | Charles Berling | Bruno Todeschini | Sergio Peris-Mencheta | Ludovic Schoendoerffer | Eric Savin | Serge Avedikian | Gabrielle Lazure | Najwa Nimri | Simón Andreu | Clément Thomas | Jay Benedict | Rosanna Walls