The Target

Story

Synopsis

A young French sailor falls in love with a Russian tourist during a passion-filled three-day furlough, but is whisked away for a months worth of submarine duty before he can learn her last name and Moscow address. When he is finally freed again, he embarks upon a search for his lost love. Unfortunately, while his aim is true, his timing is off. His first stop is the broadcast headquarters of a major television network. He arrives shortly before the place blasted apart by a bomb. Later, he goes to the apartment of a noted talk-show host in hopes of receiving air-time during which he will plead for information concerning his lost love. But things don't come out as planned for somehow, the sailor ends up considered the prime suspect in the bombing while the real-life terrorist and his cohort, who happen to be in the same apartment building in hopes of knocking off a crooked judge.

Director

Pierre Courrège

Writers

Pauline Daumale, Bernard Rosselli, Pierre Courrège

Language

French

Country

Spain, France

Release date

23 April 1997

Budget

$350,000

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Daniel Russo

  Jean-Pierre Bellac

• 

  Sagamore Stévenin

  Chris

• 

  Anémone

  Clara

• 

  Hippolyte Girardot

  Stan

• 

  Jean-Claude Dreyfus

  Le Préfet

• Tchee

  Zlotz

• 

  Vanessa Guedj

  Valérie

• 

  Jordi Mollà

  Luigi

• 

  Bernard Rosselli

  Roland

• 

  Sonia Dubois

  La présentatrice

• 

  Richard Bonnot

  le second chauffeur du commando

• 

  Laurent Baffie

  Le rédacteur TV