Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.
Practical Effects
Real Yamakasi founders doing their own death-defying stunts.
Direction
Seri's camera chases them like it's desperate to keep up.
Director
Julien Seri
Châu Belle Dinh
Baseball
Williams Belle
L`Araignee
Malik Diouf
La Belette
Yann Hnautra
Zicmu
Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke
Rocket
Charles Perrière
Sitting Bull
Laurent Piemontesi
Tango
Maher Kamoun
Vincent
Bruno Flender
Michelin
Amel Djemel
Aila
Afida Tahri
Fatima
Nassim Faid
Djamel
Frédéric Pellegeay
Fretin
Pascal Liger
Orsini
Abdelkrim Bahloul
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Yamakasi coined 'parkour' with David Belle, then split over creative differences; this film captures their original philosophy before the term went global.
Luc Besson essentially made a feature-length demo reel that launched parkour into mainstream consciousness, directly enabling Casino Royale's opening and every chase scene since.
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