Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy

Mar 9, 1994

1h 40m

★ 7.5

Overview

A second-class horror movie has to be shown at Cannes Film Festival, but, before each screening, the projectionist is killed by a mysterious fellow, with hammer and sickle, just as it happens in the film to be shown.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

TF1 Studio

StudioCanal

France 3 Cinéma

M6 Films

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy Trailers

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Cast

Odile Deray / Louise, TV journalist

Chantal Lauby

Serge Karamazov / Youri / Jacques, TV journalist

Alain Chabat

Simon Jérémi / Benjamin / Michel, TV journalist

Dominique Farrugia

Commissioner Patrick Bialès / Maurice Bialès / Alicia Lampéro

Gérard Darmon

Disturbing man / Youri / Émile Gravier

Sam Karmann

Jean-Paul Martoni

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Philippe Garcia

Eric Prat

Serge Karamazov's boss

Marc de Jonge

M. Jacques' widow

Valérie Lemercier

Grimaldi, policeman

Patrick Lizana

Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist

Tchéky Karyo

Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist

Daniel Gélin

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