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From Paris with Love

From Paris with Love

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From Paris with Love

"Two agents. One city. No merci."

2010

1h 32m

6.4(2375 votes)

Action

Crime

Thriller

Overview

James Reese has a good job as an ambassador's aid in France, but his real passion is a side gig—working in a minor role in the CIA. He would love to be a full-fledged agent and can't believe his luck when he lands an assignment with Charlie Wax. Trigger-happy Charlie soon has James crying for his desk job, but when he learns that the same guys they're trying to catch are after him, James realises that Charlie may be his only hope of survival.

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M6 Films

EuropaCorp

Canal+

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

John Travolta

John Travolta

Charlie Wax

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

James Reece

Kasia Smutniak

Kasia Smutniak

Caroline

Richard Durden

Richard Durden

Ambassador Bennington

Bing Yin

Bing Yin

M. Wong

Amber Rose Revah

Amber Rose Revah

Nichole

Éric Godon

Éric Godon

Foreign Minister

François Bredon

The Thug

Chems Dahmani

Chems Dahmani

Rashid

Sami Darr

Sami Darr

The Pimp

Creative team

Directed by: Pierre Morel
Written by: Adi Hasak
Luc Besson
Produced by: India Osborne

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