French cinema was once famous for its comedies. At the beginning of this century, he proved to the world that he was able to surprise. We are talking about the film "13th district" (2005). Actors not only use parkour as the main element of tricks, the creator of this sport took part in the filming. The famous stuntman helped him. All tricks were performed without modifications and computer processing.
Creators
The production of the film "Thirteenth District" took ten months. Four French companies worked on it. The picture was ready in 2004. Then she went to hire. In Russia, the film was shown in 2005.
The director was Pierre Morel. Luke Besson became the producer and writer of the script. In writing the plot, Bibi Naseri also participated . The actor of the film “13th District” (2005) wanted to play the drug dealer Tahu. However, for this he had to pass an audition.
Story line
Events take place in 2010 in the capital of France. The city is suffering from rampant crime, the authorities are not able to rectify the situation. They could only localize particularly dangerous areas, enclosing them with concrete walls.
In the thirteenth district, people's lives turned into a nightmare:
- drug and arms traffickers on every corner;
- polyclinics and educational institutions do not work;
- the police only protect themselves;
- anyone can become a victim of crime, so even children carry weapons.
However, in this world there are those who are trying to fight crime. Events unfold when a bomb hits an area. To save all life in the quarter, the heroes need to neutralize it. To do this, they need to overcome the criminals and expose the agent. As a result, the heroes do not enter the code, as the authorities of Paris expected, and it does not activate. People will learn the truth that they wanted to destroy the unreliable area along with all the inhabitants. The government promises to tear down the wall and establish life in accordance with all the rules of the law.
The actors of the film "13th District" (2005) had to show all the skills in stunt and parkour. The picture consists of many chases and battles.
Main characters
The actors of the film "13th District" (2005) were involved in the following roles:
- Leito is the main character. A man lives in a dangerous area with his sister. He is trying to fight crime as he can. The picture begins with the fact that Leito flushes the drugs of one of the groups in the toilet. For this, his sister is abducted. Brother is ready to do anything to save her. At the same time, he helps the officer defuse the bomb. It is Leito who realizes that you should not enter an activation code. In the end, he and his sister return to their home quarter.
- Damien Tomaso is a special forces officer who is sent to the area to search for the bomb and to defuse it. In the end, Damien and sister Leito kiss.
- Lola is the sister of the protagonist, working in a supermarket. The girl is very fearless and impudent with criminals. She knows that a brother will come for her. All the time the girl spent in Tahoe's den she was stuffed with drugs. But she survived to fight.
- Taha is a drug dealer from whom Leito took the goods. By all means, he wants to return the drugs and punish the one who dared to stand in his way. When Leito brings him to the police, the drug dealer is released, fearing the consequences. Taha takes Lola with him.
- K2 is a criminal who works for Tahoe. It was he who tried to take drugs from Leito. The idea came to him to abduct Lola.
Cast
List of actors who played the characters presented above:
- David Belle was born in 1973 in France. Known as the founder of the parkour movement. Participates in the filming of films as an actor and stuntman. He began his career in the fire department, like his father. He searched for himself for a long time, until he realized how to live, doing what he loved to do - passing an obstacle course.
- Cyril Rafaeli ("13th District" is not his first film) was born in 1974 in Paris. From childhood he was engaged in martial arts, acrobatics. Always dreamed of acting in films. He mainly works on the production of battle scenes in paintings.
- Denis Verissimo was born in 1982 in Paris. She worked as a model and actress, including in an adult movie.
- Bibi Naseri was born in 1968 in Paris. An acting career began at the age of twenty. He is better known for his younger brother Sami, who played the role of racer in the movie Taxi.
- Who else played in the movie "13th District"? Tony D'Amario was approved as K2, although he initially auditioned for the role of Taha. Born in 1961, died in 2005. It is known that his first work in the movie was the picture "Joan of Arc`" (1999).