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Yann can’t find a job he likes or can keep, and dreams of a better life. One day he learns that the famous travel guide Le Routard pays its employees to travel the world. Surely the perfect free holiday! Smooth-talking his way through the door, Yann manages to get himself hired for a trial research trip to Morocco, but he rapidly comes to realise that he’s seriously underestimated the job… Beguiled by Sofia, a feisty tourist guide, Yann gets swept up in an art trafficking operation led by the infamous mobster art dealer Dr Charoux and is plunged into an adventure where nothing will go as planned!
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Cast
15 people
Hakim Jemili
Yann Tatin
Known for
Open Season
A Good Doctor
Christian Clavier
Karol Kowalski
Known for
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
Michel Blanc
Docteur Charoux
Known for
French Fried Vacation 2
The Monster
Manon Azem
Sofia Berrada
Known for
La Mante
Burn Out
Fred Testot
Boris
Known for
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
HOUBA! On the Trail of the Marsupilami
Medi Sadoun
Mounir
Known for
Serial (Bad) Weddings
Porn in the Hood
Aude Gogny-Goubert
Frida
Known for
Three Times Nothing
Yann Papin
Regis
Known for
The Magic Tuche
Mission Pays Basque
Alice Taglioni
Marie Nesrine Garnier
Known for
The Valet
Paris-Manhattan
Philippe Lefebvre
Marc Aziz Garnier
Known for
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies
The Tuche Family
Youssef Hajdi
Inspecteur Slimane
Known for
The Flame
On the Other Side of the Tracks
Céline Groussard
Corinne Bubard
Known for
A Little Something Extra
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Philippe Mechelen Director · Stéphane Le Parc Cinematographer
First release April 2, 2025 · Produced in France · Production StudioCanal
Production
White and Yellow Films
Production
StudioCanal
Production · Distribution
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le Routard
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 2, 2025
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
March 5, 2026 · Premiere · Alliance Française French Film Festival
France
August 20, 2025 · Digital
August 20, 2025 · Physical
December 5, 2025 · Digital · Canal+
December 5, 2025 · TV · Canal+ Box Office
September 12, 2026 · TV · OCS
October 11, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Family
Germany
September 15, 2025 · Theatrical
Greece
August 7, 2025 · Theatrical
Hungary
August 21, 2025 · Theatrical
Spain
August 20, 2025 · Digital
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