Yamakasi (film)
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| Directed by |
Ariel Zeitoun Julien Seri |
| Produced by | Virginie Silla |
| Written by |
Luc Besson Philippe Lyon Julien Seri |
| Starring | Châu Belle Dinh Williams Belle Malik Diouf Yann H'Nautra Guylain N'Guba Boyeke Laurent Piemontesi Charles Perrière |
| Music by | DJ Spank Joeystarr |
| Cinematography | Philippe Piffeteau |
| Edited by | Yohann Costedoat Stéphanie Gaurier Yann Hervé Claude-France Husson Célia Lafitedupont Christine Lucas Navarro Charlotte Rembauville |
| Distributed by | Europa Corp. |
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90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $6.9 million |
| Box office | $18.7 million |
Yamakasi – Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie featuring the Yamakasi. The 2004 film Les fils du vent is a semi-sequel playing in Bangkok.
The Yamakasi are a group of young thrill seekers of different ethnic backgrounds who are all dedicated to parkour. They live in France in a banlieue, a ghetto especially designed for paupers and traditionally inhabited by immigrants from former French colonies. The motley group uses their sport to enjoy themselves without drugs and to gain recognition in a peaceful way. One morning, they are reported buildering the east side of the Bleuets building and evading the police after that. While they consider themselves good examples for youths in the banlieue, the local chief of police feels otherwise. From his point of view, they are reckless and dangerous individuals prone to become criminals while one of his men, Inspector Vincent Asmine believes they are dangerous only because children could hurt themselves by trying to emulate them. On this occasion each single member is introduced through his birth name and alias to the spectators of the film too: Zicmu (Ousmane Dadjacan), Tango (Jean-Michel Lucas), Rocket (Abdou N'Goto), the Spider (Bruno Duris), the Weasel (Malik N'Diaye), Baseball (Oliver Chen), and Sitting Bull (Ousmane Bana).
Following this meeting, two pupils enjoy themselves by climbing in a tree. A third little boy named Djamel who is with them suffers with an inborn cardiovascular disease. When he tries to join them, he has a cardiac arrest after falling from the tree. In the hospital, his mother and eldest sister, Aila learn an immediate heart transplantation is imperative. The chief physician suggests to save the child by buying a heart from a shady broker. He stresses that this is the only solution but not supported by their health insurance. He demands from the boy's family to pay 400,000 Francs within 24 hours.
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