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I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster ()

J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster (original title)
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Told in four vignettes, this existential comedy relates the exploits of four aspiring criminals who hope to improve their lot, but find that they might not have what it takes for a life of crime.

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Suzy - la serveuse
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Gino - le braqueur
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Jean
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Émile
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Max
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Joe
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Pierrot la Pince
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Alain Bashung
Arno ...
Arno
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Léon
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Paul dit Paulo
Selma El Mouissi ...
Malaury Stone
Gérald Laroche ...
Le patron
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Le cuisinier
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Directed by

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Samuel Benchetrit

Written by

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Samuel Benchetrit ... ()

Produced by

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Christine De Jekel ... executive producer
Olivier Delbosc ... producer
Marc Missonnier ... producer

Music by

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Dimitri Tikovoi

Cinematography by

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Pierre Aïm

Editing by

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Sophie Reine

Editorial Department

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Jerome Brechet ... dailies color grader
Richard Deusy ... colorist / digital color timer
Claire Fieschi ... assistant editor
Nassim Gordji Tehrani ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Gigi Akoka
Jeanne Millet

Production Design by

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Nicolas Faure

Set Decoration by

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Sébastien Danos

Makeup Department

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Sophie Benaiche ... key makeup artist
Laurence Otteny ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Bruno Amestoy ... unit manager
Susana Antunes ... post-production supervisor
Valérie Comet ... assistant unit manager
Matthieu Constans ... assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Roman Kolinka ... trainee assistant director
Félicie Leguay ... second assistant director
Eric Pujol ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Baba Coudanne ... set dresser
Léo Faure ... assistant property master
Franck Gies ... carpenter
Christophe Offret ... property master / props
Guillaume Watrinet ... property master

Sound Department

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Vincent Arnardi ... re-recording mixer
Séverin Engler ... boom operator
Anne Gibourg ... dialogue editor
Damien Guillaume ... assistant sound editor
Denis Jaillet-Marsigny ... sound recordist
Fred Mays ... post-synchronisation
Michel Monier ... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Philippe Penot ... foley artist
Miguel Rejas ... sound
Olivier Walczak ... sound editor

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Jerome Billet ... special effects supervisor

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David Brochard ... digital compositor
Emmanuelle Carlier ... visual effects coordinator
Guillaume Carniato ... digital compositor
Alain Carsoux ... visual effects director
Matthieu Chatelier ... digital artist
Nicolas Daniel ... data manager
Bertrand de Saint Seine ... assistant visual effects editor
Séverine De Wever ... visual effects coordinator
Stephane Dittoo ... digital compositor
Ludivine Ducrocq ... production administration
Abdel Ali Kassou ... technical manager
Selim Mondzie ... visual effects artist
Kevin Pacini ... editor: visual effects
Sebastien Rame ... digital compositor
Edouard Valton ... visual effects producer

Stunts

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Sybille Blouin ... stunts
Jean Girard ... stunts
Philippe Guégan ... stunts
Xiao Yan Zhang ... stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

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Malik Brahimi ... assistant camera
Frédéric Cantin ... grip
Philippe Canu ... grip
Mathieu Caudroy ... steadicam operator
Nathalie Eno ... still photographer
Thibault Grabherr ... still photographer
Romain Lacourbas ... assistant camera
Marie Queney ... second assistant camera
Marion Stalens ... still photographer

Casting Department

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Ophélie Gelber ... casting assistant

Location Management

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François Pujol ... location scout

Music Department

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Elise Luguern ... music supervisor

Script and Continuity Department

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Agathe Grau ... script supervisor
Isabelle Ribis ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Thierry Chapat ... production accountant
Marylène Dastugue ... production secretary
Laurent Duquesnoy ... key-grip
Stéphanie Fouet ... administrator
Nicholas Frank ... legal affairs assistant
Amélia Guyader ... marketing manager
Daisy Sadler ... production assistant
Pascal Vallart ... production accountant

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Saül ... dedicatee

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

This is just another roadside cafeteria. Gino, who enters it discreetly, is an armed robber ... without an arm! He tries to hold up the place but fails pitifully: the pretty waitress won't allow! Two amateur kidnappers take a rich teenage girl hostage and want to exchange her for ransom. But their victim is not easy to deal with. Two singers meet in the cafeteria by chance and talk about a stolen song and a stolen woman. Five seventy-year-old retired robbers also meet at the cafeteria - where their hideout used to be - and work out a last caper. In the end, after having tried to steal from each other, go away together. Written by Guy Bellinger

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Also Known As
  • I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (United States)
  • I Always Wanted to Be a Gangster (World-wide, English title)
  • Zawsze chciałem być gangsterem (Poland)
  • Винаги съм искал да бъда гангстер (Bulgaria, Bulgarian title)
  • Mindig gengszter akartam lenni (Hungary)
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Runtime
  • 113 min
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Budget EUR2,800,000 (estimated)

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Trivia Sergi López had been hired to play Gino but he broke his leg and was replaced by Edouard Baer. See more »
Movie Connections References Goodfellas (1990). See more »
Soundtracks I Shot The Sheriff See more »

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