The Bait | |
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French | L’Appât |
Directed by | Yves Simoneau |
Written by | Yves Simoneau William Reymond |
Produced by | Josée Vallée Yves Simoneau |
Starring |
Guy A. Lepage Rachid Badouri |
Cinematography | Guy Dufaux |
Edited by | Richard Comeau |
Music by | Normand Corbeil |
Production company | Cirrus Communications |
Distributed by | Alliance VivaFilm |
Release date |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | French |
The Bait ( French: L’Appât) is a Canadian crime comedy film, directed by Yves Simoneau and released in 2010. [1] The film stars Guy A. Lepage as Prudent Poirier, a bumbling Montreal police officer who witnesses the death of mafia boss Carboni (Michel Perron), and Rachid Badouri as Mohammed Choukroune, a French secret service agent who is sent to Montreal to pose as "Ventura", a new police recruit who is paired with Prudent in an attempt to recover information about Carboni's death. [2] As the mission goes awry, however, the two are forced to uncover a wider conspiracy that implicates their own bosses as well.
The film's cast also includes Serge Dupire, Maxim Roy, Ayisha Issa, Romano Orzari, Marie-Josée Boudreau, Frédérique Pierre, Khadija Assad, Sasha Samar, Gregory Hlady, Manuel Tadros and Sylvie Lemay. [3]
Simoneau's first French-language film since moving into English-language film and television after In the Belly of the Dragon (Dans le ventre du dragon) in 1989, [3] the film entered production in September 2010. [4] Initially intended for release in 2011, [5] it was released to theatres by December 2010 following a rapid "merry-go-round" of production and post-production which Simoneau attributed to his experience working within the quicker turnaround of television films. [6]
The film's soundtrack included a song, "Your Favourite Killer", by Marie-Mai. [7]