La Tour Montparnasse Infernale Explained

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale
Director:Charles Nemes
Producer:Christian Fechner
Starring:Éric Judor
Ramzy Bedia
Marina Foïs
Serge Riaboukine
Music:Jean-Claude Vannier
Cinematography:Étienne Fauduet
Editing:Dominique Galliéni
Distributor:UGC
Fox Distribution
Runtime:92 minutes
Country:France
Language:French
Budget:$9.6 million
Gross:$20.6 million[1]

La Tour Montparnasse Infernale is a 2001 French crime comedy film directed by Charles Nemes and co-written and starred by Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia and Pierre-François Martin-Laval. When it came out in cinemas in Canada, it was translated into Don't Die Too Hard in reference to Die Hard. The movie is a box office success, grossing 20.6 million for a budget of 9.6 million. A prequel, La Tour 2 contrôle infernale was released in 2016.

Plot

Éric and Ramzy are working as window washers at the Montparnasse skyscraper in Paris. Eric thinks that he has a date with beautiful Marie-Joëlle (real name is Stéphanie Lanceval), They stay at work late, but a gang of terrorists seize the tower and take its late-night occupants (including Marie-Joëlle) hostage. Knowing that only they can save the day, Éric and Ramzy swing into action.

Cast

References

  1. Web site: LA TOUR MONTPARNASSE INFERNALE (2001) . 2001-03-28 . JP' Box-Office.