A young French sailor falls in love with a Russian tourist during a passion-filled three-day furlough, but is whisked away for a months worth of submarine duty before he can learn her last name and Moscow address. When he is finally freed again, he embarks upon a search for his lost love. Unfortunately, while his aim is true, his timing is off. His first stop is the broadcast headquarters of a major television network. He arrives shortly before the place blasted apart by a bomb. Later, he goes to the apartment of a noted talk-show host in hopes of receiving air-time during which he will plead for information concerning his lost love. But things don't come out as planned for somehow, the sailor ends up considered the prime suspect in the bombing while the real-life terrorist and his cohort, who happen to be in the same apartment building in hopes of knocking off a crooked judge.
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Daniel Russo
Jean-Pierre Bellac
Known for
The Car Keys
The Three Brothers: The Return
Sagamore Stévenin
Chris
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Romance
Michel Vaillant
Anémone
Clara
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Santa Claus Is a Stinker
The Grand Highway
Hippolyte Girardot
Stan
Known for
Irma Vep
Manon of the Spring
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Le Préfet
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Delicatessen
Two Brothers
Tchee
Zlotz
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Police Commissioner Moulin
The Son of the Mekong
Vanessa Guedj
Valérie
Known for
Kaamelott
The Grand Highway
Jordi Mollà
Luigi
Known for
Bad Boys II
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Bernard Rosselli
Roland
Known for
The Girl from Monaco
Sonia Dubois
La présentatrice
Also in
Les Amazones : 3 ans après…
Je suis une célébrité, sortez-moi de là !
Richard Bonnot
le second chauffeur du commando
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The Charlots Return
Laurent Baffie
Le rédacteur TV
Known for
The Car Keys
Pierre Courrège Director · Pauline Daumale Writer Bernard Rosselli Writer
Budget $350K · First release April 23, 1997 · Produced in Spain, France
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Budget
$350,000
Production
UFD
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Spain · France
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Original title
La Cible
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 23, 1997
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
December 2, 1999 · Physical · DVD
March 3, 2022 · Digital · Prime Video
Spain
July 24, 1997 · Theatrical
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