''Cross'' is a French
crime film
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written and directed by
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.
Synopsis
The divorced cop Eli Cantor once brought a man named Simon Leenhardt behind bars. Leenhardt has sworn revenge to Cantor. He escapes from an
insane asylum
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The fall of the lunatic asylum and its eventual replacement by modern psychiatric hospitals explains the rise of organized, institutional psychiatry ...
for criminals and breaks into the house where Cantor's family lives. With a team of psychopaths he takes everybody in the house as hostage. Eli feels he can't risk to ask for official help. He plans to tackle the situation discretely. Unfortunately his best friend in the police force refuses to help him. So Eli looks out for another potential partner. He comes across the adventurer Thomas Crosky who engages in illegal fights just for kicks. Together they sneak into the house. Meanwhile Leenhardt tries to make friends with Cantor's family but his manic accomplices get more and more out of control.
Cast
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Michel Sardou
Michel Charles Sardou (; born 26 January 1947) is a French singer and occasional actor.
He is known not only for his love songs ("La maladie d'amour", "Je vais t'aimer"), but also for songs dealing with various social and political issues, su ...
: Thomas Crosky ("Cross")
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Roland Giraud
Roland Giraud is a French actor. He married actress Maaike Jansen in 1966.
Giraud began his theatrical training in the 1960s and joined Coluche's theatrical company in 1971. Around this time he worked also with the troupe, Le Splendid. His fir ...
: Eli Cantor
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Patrick Bauchau
Patrick Nicolas Jean Sixte Ghislain Bauchau (born 6 December 1938) is a Belgian actor best known for his roles in the films ''A View to a Kill'', '' The Rapture'' and ''Panic Room'', as well as the TV shows '' The Pretender'' and '' House''.
...
: Simon Leenhardt
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Marie-Anne Chazel
Marie-Anne France Jacqueline Chazel (born 19 September 1951) is a French actress, screenwriter and director, who has been active in both film and television since 1974.
Biography
Chazel was born to actress Louba Guertchikoff (birth name Lou ...
: Catherine Crosky
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Maxime Leroux
Maxime Leroux (26 March 195121 January 2010) was a French actor.
Partial filmography
*''Les manèges de l'imaginaire'' (1982) - L'homme amnésique
*''Effraction'' (1983) - Un gangster
*''Le transfuge'' (1985)
*''Disorder'' (1986) - Propriétai ...
: Sandro
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Stéphane Jobert: Jacques Kester
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Gérard Zalcberg: Georges 'Rudi' Rudicek
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Arnold Boiseau: Farrel
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Philippe Polet: Caïn
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Jean Barney: Inspecteur
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Loïc Bitout: Claire's fiancé
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Louba Guertchikoff: Diane
References
External links
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1987 crime films
1987 films
Films about hostage takings
French crime films
French neo-noir films
1980s French-language films
Police detective films
1980s French films
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