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Dobermann

Dobermann

  • Status: Released
  • 18-06-1997
  • Runtime: 103 min
  • Score: 6.486
  • Vote count: 532

The charismatic criminal Dobermann, who got his first gun when he was christened, leads a gang of brutal robbers. After a complex and brutal bank robbery, they are being hunted by the Paris police. The hunt is led by the sadistic cop Christini, who only has one goal: to catch Dobermann at any cost.

Vincent Cassel

Yann Le Pentrec aka Dobermann

Tchéky Karyo

Inspecteur Sauveur Cristini

Monica Bellucci

Nathalie

Antoine Basler

Jean-Claude Ayache, dit "Moustique"

Affif Ben Badra

Le mac

Romain Duris

Manu

Marc Duret

Inspecteur Baumann

Pascal Demolon

Inspecteur Lefèvre

Dominique Bettenfeld

Elie Frossard dit l'Abbé

François Levantal

Leo

Ivan Merat-Barboff

Inspecteur David Silverberg

Stéphane Metzger

Olivier Brachet dit Sonia

Chick Ortega

Jacky Sueur dit Pitbull

Patrick Rocca

Commissaire Clodarec

Florence Thomassin

Florence

Gaspar Noé

Le marchand de merguez casher

Jan Kounen

Man at bank

Roland Amstutz

Oncle Joe

Arnaud Arbessier

Oncle Joe, vieux

Laura Mañá

Victoria

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Vincent Cassel is the eponymous bank robber who leads a gang of what can only be described as desperate and disparate eccentrics. Hot in pursuit are the police but they are having little effect until they decide to let the ruthless "Cristini" (Tchéky Karyo) take charge of the investigation. What now ensues is an increasingly bizarre and surreal heist caper that leaves virtually nothing out of bounds with loads of violence, dark comedy, transvestism and then, more violence. I rather liked the ending - it was not what I was expecting nor is it typical of the genre. The writing is pretty ropey though, and the lighting could have been doing with some extra wattage so we could actually see what was going on for more of the time. As a drama it offers us a quickly paced and mildly entertaining, if very unlikely, glimpse of a seedy and grim sub-culture and Cassel - though he doesn't really feature so often - seems to be in his element. It won't be for everyone, this - it is actually quite sordid, and the narrative parodies just about everything from "For A Few Dollars More" (1965) to the "French Connection" (1971) with a bit of soft porn chucked in too. It's not great, no, and I don't imagine I will ever watch to again but still, I didn't hate it..