The Race is a 2002 french movie directed by Djamel Bensalah starring Hélène de Fougerolles

Hélène de Fougerolles

Hélène Christine Rigoine de Fougerolles is a French actress. She is the daughter of Alain Rigoine de Fougerolles and Anne Saumay de Laval. Initially planning to become a beautician, she began to study acting at age 15. She later attended acting classes in Paris and briefly at the Actors Studio...

, Roschdy Zem

Roschdy Zem

Roschdy Zem is a French actor of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Days of Glory" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival....

 and Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko

Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer and director.She was born Josiane Balašković in Paris. One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit...

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Plot

Four pathetic narrow minded petty criminals are mistaken for hitmen while ordered to shadow the philandering girl friend of their crime boss Carlito. As a result of a misunderstanding they get hired to accompany Léonore de Segonzac, the heiress of a big asset, on a race through Patagonia

Patagonia

Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...

 and "accidentally" kill her for the sum of four million dollars. They are chased by the principal and the true killers, which for their part are hunted by some UNO blue helmets.

Cast

• Hélène de Fougerolles
  Hélène de Fougerolles
  Hélène Christine Rigoine de Fougerolles is a French actress. She is the daughter of Alain Rigoine de Fougerolles and Anne Saumay de Laval. Initially planning to become a beautician, she began to study acting at age 15. She later attended acting classes in Paris and briefly at the Actors Studio...
  
   : Léonore de Segonzac
• Roschdy Zem
  Roschdy Zem
  Roschdy Zem is a French actor of Moroccan descent. He shared the award for Best Actor for his role in the film "Days of Glory" at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival....
  
   : Sami
• Atmen Kelif : Yaya
• Loránt Deutsch
  Lorànt Deutsch
  Laszlo Matekovics, aka « Lorànt Deutsch » , is a French actor and writer.Born at Alençon, his father was Hungarian and his mother was French....
  
   : Tacchini
• Julien Courbey
  Julien Courbey
  -Filmography:* 1991 : Triplex, directed by Georges Lautner* 1993 : Seconde B* 1993 : À cause d'elle, directed by Jean-Loup Hubert* 1994 : Le Clandestin , directed by Jean-Louis Bertucelli : Maxime...
  
   : Kader
• Josiane Balasko
  Josiane Balasko
  Josiane Balasko is a French actress, writer and director.She was born Josiane Balašković in Paris. One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is as a lesbian in 1995's Gazon maudit...
  
   : Madame Jo
• Maurice Barthélémy : Momo
• Gérard Jugnot
  Gérard Jugnot
  Gérard Jugnot is a French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer.Jugnot was one of the founders of the comedy troupe Le Splendid in the 1970s, along with, among others, his high-school friends Christian Clavier, Thierry Lhermitte, and Michel Blanc...
  
   : Carlito
• Didier Flamand : Lino
• Pascal Elbé
  Pascal Elbé
  Pascal Elbé is a French actor and director and screenwriter.-Biography:Pascal Elbe was born in Colmar, Haut-Rhin, France, to a family of middle-class Jewish immigrants from Algeria. He was raised in Strasbourg...
  
   : Mathias Morin
• Yves Rénier : UNO Colonel
• Mouss Diouf
  Mouss Diouf
  Mouss Diouf Mouss Diouf Mouss Diouf (born on 24 October 1964 in Dakar is a French-Senegalese actor, comedian, moderator and humorist.-Acting career:He is best known for his lead role in The Beast (La bête) and as Baba in Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra.-Filmography:...
  
   : UNO Captain
• Omar Sy : UNO Seargent
• Axelle Laffont : Nathalie
• Sacha Bourdo
  Sacha Bourdo
  Sacha Bourdo was born on 8 January 1963 in Oryol, Russia. He is an actor who has appeared in Science of Sleep in 2006 and Western by Manuel Poirier .- References :...
  
   : windshield cleaner
• Marina Foïs
  Marina Foïs
  -Selected filmography:* Poliss * 22 Bullets * The Ball of the Actresses * RRRrrrr!!! * Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra * The Race -External links:...
  
  : nanny of Carlitos Children