A college student discovers that no good deed goes unpunished in the black comedy Cinq Minutes de Detente (aka A Five Minute Break). Phillippe (Jose Garcia) is a pre-law student at what is described as "a French University in North America." One day during gym class, Phillippe lets a stranger who claims to have a heart condition borrow his shoes for a few minutes. The man then walks across a tar roof, leaving prints from Phillippe's shoes, and shoots a man who's been sleeping with his wife, before returning the shoes to Phillippe. Soon Phillippe's shoes are matched to the crime and he finds himself behind bars.
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Cast
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José Garcia
Philippe Pabst
Known for
Now You See Me
Asterix at the Olympic Games
Jacques Dorfmann
Also in
Na !
Tomas Roméro
Richard Bohringer
Docteur Lénignac
Known for
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Would I Lie to You?
Charles Even
Suzan Anbeh
Ester Maklowsky
Jean Labadie
Claude Léger
Pierre Gobeil
Maloney Père
Also in
Le temps d'une paix
The Mob
Pierre Drolet
Inspecteur Hubbart
Gérard Martin
Delphin
Franck
Tomas Roméro Director
First release April 14, 1999 · Original title Cinq minutes de détente
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Original title
Cinq minutes de détente
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 14, 1999
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No release date listed for United States.
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