Les patriotes (1994)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Eric Rochant

Writer:

Eric Rochant (writer)

Release Date:

1 June 1994 (France)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

At 18, Ariel Brenner leaves Paris and his family to live in Israel. He secretly joins the Mossad, the Isreali secret service...

Plot Keywords:

Paris | Mossad | Secret Agent | Israel | NSA

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Yvan Attal	...	Ariel Brenner
Richard Masur	...	Jeremy Pelman
Allen Garfield	...	Eagleman
Yossi Banai	...	Yossi
Nancy Allen	...	Catherine Pelman
Maurice Bénichou	...	Yuri
Emmanuelle Devos	...	Rachel
Hippolyte Girardot	...	Daniel
Moshe Ivgy	...	Oron
Sandrine Kiberlain	...	Marie-Claude
Bernard Le Coq	...	Bill Haydon
Christine Pascal	...	Laurence
Jean-François Stévenin	...	Remy Prieur
Dan Toren	...	Ran Ostrovitch
Yigal Adika	...	Guard

Also Known As:

The Patriots

Runtime:

138 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | South Korea:18 | France:U | Spain:13

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Gaumont International

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Billy Haydon recruits Rémy Prieur in the Maserati, we can see the reflection of the camera and the boom mic on the windscreen.

Movie Connections:

References Barry Lyndon (1975)

Soundtrack:

Asturias

deluded men

There are a couple of fine performances here: Yvan Attal is very good as the Mossad agent who must use dirty tactics to achieve political goals yet who falls for a hooker, which does nothing for his esteem with his superiors, and Richard Masur is superb as the Jewish-American scientist (cf Jonathan Pollard) who talks himself into betraying his country because of emotional commitments to Israel. This really ought to be seen by all lovers of John le Carre's works, since it is in the same vein of violence and melancholy.