Antoine, 11, is on holiday with his grandfather. One night he catches thieves hiding their booty in a pond. Antoine seizes the 40 million. But Liza, his new friend, is the daughter of one of the criminals. Both children soon face threats.
Acting
Aurélien Wiik's deadpan kid chaos opposite Joséphine Serre's reluctant betrayal
Direction
Pinoteau's gentle touch keeps adult menace from overwhelming child wonder
Practical Effects
Pre-CGI treasure sequences that actually required swimming
Director
Claude Pinoteau
Jean-Pierre Darroussin
Jean Messignac, cousin d'Antoine
Aurélien Wiik
Antoine Messignac
Michel Duchaussoy
Jacques Hivers, compagnon de Claire
Georges Wilson
Louis Messignac, le grand-père d'Antoine
Joséphine Serre
Lisa, fille de Jacques
Rose Thiéry
Clémence
Sophie Broustal
Dominique, alias « Claire »
Christine Sireyzol
Louisette, la nièce de Clémence
Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Max Desartre, malfrat dans le fourgon blindé
Jean Carmet
M. Durandet, vétérinaire en retraite
Frédéric van den Driessche
Jérôme Messignac, père d'Antoine
Patrick Bonnel
Gendarme
Jean-Claude Lecas
L'inspecteur Pradel
Laurent Gendron
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Gilles Détroit
Voyou à deux balles #2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a peculiar 90s French subgenre: children's adventure films treating crime as playground logic. Pinoteau himself directed the more famous La Boum series, making this his 'what if kids found cocaine money instead of romance?' pivot.
The 40 million francs prop money was apparently so convincing that crew members kept trying to spend it at local cafés during the Provence shoot. The production had to formally account for every bill.
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