Even among bombers and murderers, there is a social ladder, a hierarchy to climb. Jeremie is a mere bomber who blows up people and places for mobsters in Paris. He may not look it, scruffy lad that he is, but he is a sensitive fellow, and he feels his lowly status keenly. If only he could graduate to the ranks of hitmen, who are honored in his world, perhaps then he would feel more like somebody. He finally gets his chance when he receives instructions to kill the eminent hitman Max, who knows too much to be left alive. Instead of planning a cool and distant hit, Jeremie gets to know his quarry personally and thereby gets entangled in a mass of conflicting allegiances. Max has one more assignment and has asked Jeremie to help him with it. The hero-worshipping boy can't bring himself to knock of this classy guy. However, just having such an inept apprentice as Jeremie around is enormously dangerous for the soon-to-be-retired killer.
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Cast
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Philippe Noiret
Robert 'Max' Maxendre
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
The Postman
Karin Viard
La fille
Known for
The Bélier Family
Delicatessen
Christopher Lambert
Jeremie Kolachowsky
Known for
Highlander
Fortress
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Almeida
Known for
The Da Vinci Code
The Dream Team
Christine Dejoux
La fille
Known for
The Cabbage Soup
Come to My Place, I Live at a Girlfriend's
Christophe Odent
Jacky Cohen
Known for
A Nos Amours
The Country Doctor
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Sam Marberg
Known for
The Name of the Rose
The Church
José Quaglio
Eugene Agopian
Known for
The Conformist
Short Night of Glass Dolls
Patrick Rocca
L'homme de main
Known for
Dobermann
Baron Noir
Michèle Laroque
Suzanne
Known for
Tenor
Honeymoon Crasher
Thierry Gimenez
Richard
Also in
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Jean-Pierre Miquel
Maubuisson
Known for
All Fired Up
Claire Devers Director · Bernard Stora Screenplay Teri White Writer
First release October 14, 1992 · Produced in France, Italy · Original title Max et Jérémie
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France · Italy
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Original title
Max et Jérémie
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · October 14, 1992
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Czechia
January 1, 1995 · Physical
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