Francorusse

Francorusse

75 mins | Dec. 24, 1997

Max is a kind of modern Zadig embarked upon an existential and sentimental quest. Jewish and Russian all rolled into one, he quickly feels cramped in his native Ukraine. One day, he leaves his parents, family and enemies for the city of his dreams: Paris. He discovers the capital and the occasionally ferocious and complex ways of its natives.

Francorusse

75 mins | Dec. 24, 1997

Francorusse
Max is a kind of modern Zadig embarked upon an existential and sentimental quest. Jewish and Russian all rolled into one, he quickly feels cramped in his native Ukraine. One day, he leaves his parents, family and enemies for the city of his dreams: Paris. He discovers the capital and the occasionally ferocious and complex ways of its natives.
Producers
Original title Francorusse
Directors Alexis Miansarow
Writers

Cast

Marc Citti

as Max

Mathilde Seigner

as Sophie, the serial killer

Pierre Lacan

as Fred

Antoine Chappey

as Michel

Pierre-Henry Salfati

as Rabbi Menahim

Bruno Todeschini

as Man with the Cherokee

Éric Caravaca

as Arts Gateway Student

Marina Tomé

as Director of the interim agency

Catherine Benguigui

as Female cop

Jacques Verzier

as Third dancer

Gautier Ranner

as Tout of the peep show

Patrick Mille

as Funfair flirty

Anne Kreis

as Fred's mother

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

as Fred's father

Laure Sirieix

as Racist preppie girl

Olivier Rabourdin

as Fairground

Phil Deguil

as Baudelaire

Jean-Luc Moisson

as Racine

Frederic Ambrosio

as Gay footballer

Solal Valentin

as Graziella

Franck Jolly

as Hugo Boss manager

Alexis Miansarow

as Second cop

Mat Troi Day

as Bailiff

Dominique Hulin

as The popin

Alain Figlarz

as Chief mobsters Lane

Inga Diatchkova

as Konsommols secretary

Philippe Rebboah

as Seducer