Largo Winch (2008)

Director:

Jérôme Salle

Writers:

Julien Rappeneau (screenplay) and
Jérôme Salle (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 December 2008 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure | Thriller

Plot:

After a powerful billionaire is murdered, his secret adoptive son must race to prove his legitimacy, find his father's killers and stop them from taking over his financial empire.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Comic Book | Based On Graphic Novel | Based On Comic | Hong Kong | Based On Novel

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tomer Sisley	...	Largo Winch
Kristin Scott Thomas	...	Ann Ferguson
Miki Manojlovic	...	Nerio Winch
Mélanie Thierry	...	Léa / Naomi
Gilbert Melki	...	Freddy
Karel Roden	...	Mikhail Korsky
Steven Waddington	...	Stephan Marcus
Anne Consigny	...	Hannah
Radivoje Bukvic	...	Goran
Nicolas Vaude	...	Gauthier
Benedict Wong	...	Wiliam Kwan
Gérard Watkins	...	Cattaneo
Wolfgang Pissors	...	Attinger
Theodore Thomas	...	Greenfield (as Ted Thomas)
David Gasman	...	Alexander Meyer
Elizabeth Bennett	...	Miss Pennywinkle (as Elizabeth Bennet)
Eddy Ko	...	Tattoueur
Bojana Panic	...	Melina
Ivan Marevich	...	Josip
André Oumansky	...	Jacques Wallenberg
Digger Mesch	...	Officier de police
Emmanuel Avena	...	Hicham
Micaelle Mee-Sook	...	Rebecca
Benjamin Siksou	...	Largo Winch adolescent
Kerian Mayan	...	Largo Winch enfant
Jake Vella	...	Largo Winch bébé
Aidan Aquilina	...	Nerio enfant
Andre Agius	...	Nerio adolescent (as Andre George Agius)
Léo-Paul Salmain	...	Goran enfant
Julian De Gorgio	...	Goran bébé
Warren Jacquin	...	Goran adolescent
Danica Cesljevic	...	Melina adolescente
Angele Galea	...	Mère de Nerio Winch
Lubomir Misak	...	Père de Nerio Winch
Sai-Kit Yung	...	Directeur de l'hôpital Saint John (as Stuart Ong)
Marica Vuletic	...	Directrice d'orphelinat (as Marica Vuletic Naumovic)
Marija Opsenica	...	Nouvelle directrice d'orphelinat (as Marija Opsenica Zivkovic)
Nina Radonjic	...	Puéricultrice d'orphelinat
Michel Dubois	...	Directeur d'école
Jessie Cheung	...	Hôtesse restaurant
Joe Cortis	...	Gardien d'orphelinat
Sin Ho Ying Thomas	...	Marin du yacht
Murray Burton	...	Kramer
Jason Yip	...	Roomservice serveur hôtel
Cathy Lam	...	Hôtesse lounge
Predrag Vasic	...	Danis Vlatkovic
Tenessa Tampied-Dupuis	...	Petite amie Goran
Byron Jeong	...	Homme d'affaire chinois (as Byron W. Jeong)
Derek Ting	...	Technicien hôtel
Alberto Bettencourt	...	Chef des miliciens
Oseas Garcia	...	Milicien
Vincent Haquin	...	Milicien
Patrick Vo	...	Garde du corps Marcus
Audrey Ottaviano	...	Garde du corps Marcus
Pascal Guillemin	...	Garde du corps Marcus
Michael Langton	...	Directeur financier Korsky
Louisa Bojesen	...	Présentatrice TV CNBC
Ross Westgate	...	Présentateur TV CNBC
Jacky Chu	...	Preneur de son TV
Glen Chin	...	Policier
Stuart Lee Markham	...	Policier
Wai Fung Mak	...	Policier
Paul Mau	...	Policier
Emerson Cortez	...	Policier
Jefferson Cortez	...	Policier
Joselito Mateos	...	Membre du conseil Winch Co
Koji Furudoi	...	Membre du conseil Winch Co
Gérard Grégory	...	Membre du conseil Winch Co (as Gérard Ouradou dit Grégory)
Roger Kajman	...	Membre du conseil Winch Co
Jean-Pierre Frankfower	...	Membre du conseil Winch Co
Jean-Georges Brunet	...	Membre du conseil Winch Co
David Tissot	...	Membre du conseil Winch Co
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Lexie Kendrick	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Becky Lee	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)
Andrew Ng	...	Hong Kong Annual Winch Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Fei Wai Tse	...	Hong Kong Annual Winch Meeting Guest (uncredited)
Amanda Westlake	...	Bar customer (uncredited)

Directed by
Jérôme Salle

Writing credits
Julien Rappeneau		(screenplay) and
Jérôme Salle		(screenplay)
Jean Van Hamme		(comic) (as Van Hamme) and
Philippe Francq		(comic) (as Francq)

Produced by
Chen On Chu	....	line producer: Hong Kong
Geoffroy de Boissezon	....	assistant executive producer
Nathalie Gastaldo	....	producer
Philippe Godeau	....	producer
Philip Lee	....	consulting producer: Hong Kong
Eric Zaouali	....	line producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Denis Rouden

Film Editing by
Richard Marizy

Casting by
Gigi Akoka
Toby Whale

Production Design by
Michel Barthélémy

Art Direction by
Benoît Bechet
Ino Bonello
Yann Megard

Costume Design by
Khadija Zeggaï		(as Khadija Zeggai)

Makeup Department
Olivier Afonso	....	special makeup effects artist
Guillaume Castagné	....	special makeup effects artist
Fannie Chan	....	makeup artist: second unit, Hong Kong
Céline Durand	....	hair stylist: second unit, Italy
Patrick Girault	....	key hair stylist
Sandrine Gonzales	....	hair stylist
Nicolas Herlin	....	special makeup effects artist
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist
Charlotte Lequeux	....	key makeup artist: second unit, Italy
Thi-Loan Nguyen	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Shing Hung Chan	....	unit manager: Hong Kong
Edouard Decker	....	assistant unit manager
Grégoire Dirson	....	unit manager trainee: Sicily second unit
Marc Fontanel	....	production manager: Hong Kong
Benoit Hemard	....	assistant production manager
Water Hung	....	unit manager: second unit, Hong Kong
Debbie Lam	....	production manager: second unit, Hong Kong
David Mitnik	....	unit manager: second unit, Hong Kong
Zachariasen Nils	....	assistant unit manager
Jean-Patrick Nourricier	....	extra assistant unit manager
Gabriele Pacitto	....	unit manager: Sicily
Chico Paladino	....	executive in charge of production
François Pascaud	....	unit production manager: prep
Roxanne Pinheiro	....	unit manager
Jean-Pierre Sachs	....	assistant unit manager
Roberta Salvi	....	unit manager: second unit, Sicily
Malcolm Scerri-Ferrante	....	unit production manager: Malta
Clément Sentilhes	....	production manager: second unit
Eric Simille	....	unit production manager: France
Eric Tang	....	production manager
Tourdjman Valentin	....	assistant unit manager: Sicily second unit
Wendy Wong	....	production manager: Macau

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Fanny Aubrespin	....	first assistant director
Colin Azzopardi	....	second assistant director: Sicily, Hong Kong
Colin Azzopardi	....	third assistant director: Malta
Felix Baudouin	....	second assistant director
Ralph Chau	....	second assistant director: second unit, Hong Kong
Yann Cuinet	....	first assistant director: second unit
Roberto De Angelis	....	second unit director
Shek Frank	....	third assistant director: Hong Kong
Aurélie Jasnot	....	third assistant director
Johnnie Kong	....	first assistant director: second unit; Hong Kong
Philippe Larue	....	additional first assistant director
Marie Rolindes	....	second assistant director: second unit
Colombe Savignac	....	second assistant director
Sum Tse	....	second assistant director: Hong Kong
Brieuc Vanderswalm	....	first assistant director: Hong Kong/France

Art Department
David Attali	....	art department translator
François Borgeaud	....	property master
Rosalia Maria Canino	....	assistant art director
Mark Anthony Ellul	....	prop buyer: Malta
Stéphanie Fortunato	....	set assistant
Benoit Godde	....	concept artist
Nipaporn Jam Potong	....	art department supervisor
Pascal Leguellec	....	assistant art director
Sarah Moudjebeur	....	assistant art director
Olivier Nguyen	....	property master
Boris Piot	....	set dresser: Sicily
Etienne Rohde	....	assistant art director
Michel Schmitt	....	graphic designer
François Willenz	....	digital artist

Sound Department
Philippe Amouroux	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles Autrand	....	dialogue editor
Katia Boutin	....	adr editor
Guadalupe Cassius	....	assistant sound editor
Rémi Daru	....	second sound assistant
Jean-Paul Hurier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nikolas Javelle	....	sound effects editor
François Maurel	....	sound mixer
Fred Messa	....	boom operator
Gael Nicolas	....	additional sound
Sandy Notarianni	....	sound editor
Caroline Reynaud	....	assistant foley editor
Pascal Villard	....	supervising sound editor
Mathieu Villien	....	sound mixer: second unit

Special Effects by
Jean-Claude Dauphinot	....	special effects technician
Grégoire Delage	....	special effects coordinator
Georges Demétrau	....	special effects supervisor
Max Garnier	....	special effects technician
Sara Helmlinger	....	special effects technician
Jérome Miel	....	special effects technician
Piotr Styczen	....	additional special effects technician
Charles-Axel Vollard	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Marie Bourguet	....	digital artist
Maxime Bray	....	digital effects artist: Mac Guff Line
Bertrand Breuze	....	digital compositor
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects director
Alain Carsoux	....	visual effects supervisor
Bertrand de Saint Seine	....	end titles
Séverine De Wever	....	visual effects coordinator
Thomas Foncelle	....	lead render wrangler
Carine Gillet	....	digital artist
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Aurélien Grand	....	retouch and restoration
Amélie Guyot	....	matchmover
Didier le Fouest	....	colorgrading artist
Romain Leclerc	....	flame artist
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Benoit Philippon	....	visual effects supervisor
Nicolas Renou	....	lighting and rendering: Mac Guff
Stephanie Saillard	....	digital compositor: Mac Guff
Marine Samyn	....	digital compositor
Antonin Seydoux	....	compositor

Stunts
Milan Alavanja	....	stunt rigger
Laurent Alexandre	....	stunt performer
Serge Beuchat	....	stunt performer
Stéphane Boulay	....	stunt coordinator: car stunts
Oumar Diaoure	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jean-Jacques Domingues	....	stunt driver
Lau Edmond	....	stunt coordinator: Hong Kong
Alain Figlarz	....	stunt coordinator
Kong Fu Keung	....	assistant stunt coordinator: Hong Kong
Pascal Garnier	....	stunts
Jérôme Gaspard	....	stunt double
David Genty	....	stunt wire rigger
Jean-Benoit Guillon	....	stunt driver
Vincent Hocsin	....	driving stunts
Jean-Claude Houbart	....	driving stunts
Slavisa Ivanovic	....	stunts
Sébastien Labie	....	stunt performer
Laurent Mulot	....	driving stunts
Laurent Prudhomme	....	driving stunts
Wolfgang Raach	....	stunts
Christophe Roblin	....	stunt driver
Thierry Saelens	....	stunt performer
Wing Kin Yip	....	assistant stunt coordinator: Hong Kong

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Christophe Allain	....	assistant camera
Cécile Arthuis	....	additional second assistant camera
Adrian Bartolo	....	electrician
Adrian Borg Ghigo	....	video assist operator: second unit, Malta
Thomas Brémond	....	photographer
David Camus	....	grip
Mario L. Cassar	....	electrician
Yiu Ming Chan	....	grip: second unit, Hong Kong
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography: Italy
Benoit Dentan	....	camera operator
Roger Do Minh	....	additional grip
Bruno Durand	....	key grip
Jimmy Fok	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit, Hong Kong
David Frak-Lauer	....	focus puller: first unit
Paolo Frasson	....	key grip; second unit, Italy
Florent Geslin	....	key grip: second unit, Hong Kong
Gian Claudio Giacomini	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit, Italy
Peter Graf	....	aerial camera operator
Olivier Joudiau	....	grip
Kenny Lam	....	camera operator: second unit, Hong Kong
Raymond Lam	....	Steadicam operator: Hong Kong
Olivier Mandrin	....	gaffer
Wing Yin Ng	....	video assist operator: second unit, Hong Kong
Frédéric North	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Julien Pamart	....	second assistant camera
Giorgio Perluigi	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit, Italy
John Preca Trapani	....	camera loader: underwater unit, Malta
Marie-Laure Prost	....	focus puller: first unit
Danilo Romancino	....	video assistant: second unit: Italy
Lertpan Somkhuan	....	grip: second unit, Hong Kong
Pichet Surasangwan	....	best boy grip: second unit, Hong Kong
Matthew Taylor	....	camera trainee
Emiliano Topai	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit, Italy
Alberto Torrecilla	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera and Steadicam, second unit
Luk Wa Wai	....	first assistant camera; "c" camera, Hong Kong
Giacomo Zampieri	....	additional clapper loader: second unit, Italy

Casting Department
Louise Caruana Galizia	....	casting assistant
Miljan Glisic	....	casting coordinator: Serbia
Justine Léocadie	....	additional casting
Edward Said	....	casting: Malta
Mustapha Souaidi	....	casting coordinator
Zoran Stefanovic	....	casting associate: Serbia

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carmen Agius	....	set costumer
Loïc Barnier	....	costumer
Ernest Camilleri	....	wardrobe: Malta
Ferenc Fulmer	....	set costumer: second unit
Aurélie Morille	....	wardrobe: Malta & Sicily

Editorial Department
Jerome Brechet	....	dailies color grader
Jimmy Christophe	....	color timer
Brice Ferre	....	editor: making-of
Charlotte Lamy Le Loet	....	assistant color timer
Aurélie Laumont	....	color timer
Laure Meynet	....	additional assistant editor
Sarah Perrain	....	additional assistant editor
Charlotte Rembauville	....	first assistant editor
Florent Vassault	....	first assistant editor
Benjamin Weill	....	additional editor

Music Department
Cyrille Aufort	....	orchestrator
John Barrett	....	assistant score mixing engineer
Peter Cobbin	....	music recording engineer
Alexandre Desplat	....	conductor
Alexandre Desplat	....	electronic score programmer
Alexandre Desplat	....	orchestrator
Andrew Dudman	....	music mixer
Xavier Forcioli	....	pro tools operator
Dominique LeMonnier	....	music producer
Valérie Lindon	....	music supervisor
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
David Walter	....	electronic score programmer

Transportation Department
Charlie Galea	....	picture vehicle technician
Lorraine Kollar	....	transportation coordinator: Malta
Patrick Thomas McManus	....	picture vehicles coordinator

Other crew
Richard Berkeley	....	location manager: Sicily second unit
Julien Béségher	....	assistant accountant: Hong Kong & Paris
Matthew Camilleri	....	location assistant
Vincent Casiro	....	making-of director
Wong Charlie	....	production assistant: Hong Kong
Guy Courtecuisse	....	post-production manager
Chiu Emily	....	production assistant: Hong Kong
Louise Caruana Galizia	....	set production assistant
Ivana Kastratovic	....	production coordinator: Malta
Cathy Kerbrat	....	production coordinator
Wong Kevin	....	production assistant: Hong Kong
Simon Law	....	production assistant
Virginie Le Pionnier	....	script supervisor
Christie Lee	....	production assistant: Hong Kong
Marc Leroyer	....	weapons coordinator
Julie Lupo	....	script supervisor second unit
Philippe Lévy	....	production accountant
Gianni Manno	....	end credits designer
Yann Megard	....	assistant art designer
Miroslav Milanovic Miki	....	production assistant
Peggy Pere	....	aerial ground coordinator
Mark Sansone	....	second unit production coordinator: studio
Pierre Selinger	....	production attorney
Daniel Thornton	....	production assistant
Sophie Timbal	....	chief production accountant
Vincent Vesco	....	location manager
Galea Yolanda	....	production accountant
Tong Yorks	....	production coordinator: Hong Kong

Production Companies

• Pan Européenne Production
• Wild Bunch (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• Casa Productions (co-production)
• Araneo (in association with) (as Araneo Belgium S.A.)
• Sofica Valor 7 (in association with)
• Sofica SGAM AI Cinéma 1 (in association with)
• Le Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral de Belgique (support)
• Procirep (support)
• Angoa-Agicoa (support)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)

Distributors

• Wild Bunch Distribution (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Best Hollywood (2009) (Hungary) (theatrical)
• Cinemania Group (2009) (Croatia) (theatrical)
• Frenetic Films (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical) (Suisse Romande)
• Kino Swiat (2009) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Lusomundo (2008) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Music Box Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• NonStop Entertainment (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Prime Entertainment (2009) (Korea) (theatrical)
• Alliance Films (2010) (Canada) (DVD)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2010) (Greece) (DVD)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2010) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Luxor Entertainment (2009) (Russia) (all media)
• Optimum Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Sandrews (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2010) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Twin Pics (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twin Pics (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Wild Side Vidéo (2009) (France) (DVD)
• Wild Side Vidéo (2009) (France) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Mac Guff Ligne (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  music recording studio
• Aerial Camera Systems  helicopter gyrostabilized camera system
• Airstar  grip and lighting equipment
• Duran Duboi  digital intermediate
• Hollydan Works  location unit
• Kinestezija  casting: Serbia
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  orchestra
• October Pictures  production service
• Studio Guillaume Tell  music mixed at
• TIA Janus  casting: Serbia
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Largo Winch: Deadly Revenge" - UK (DVD box title)
"The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch" - USA (poster title)
"Ларго Винч: Начало" - Russia
"Largo Winch" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"Largo Winch" - Greece (DVD title)
"Largo Winch" - Italy (imdb display title)
"Largo Winch - Tödliches Erbe" - Germany (video box title)
"Largo Winch - Tödliches Erbe in 3D" - Germany (3-D version)
"O Invencível - Largo Winch" - Brazil (imdb display title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

France | Belgium

Language:

French | English | Serbian | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:18 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Argentina:13 | UK:15 | Germany:16 | USA:Not Rated | Ireland:15

Filming Locations:

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Company:

Pan Européenne Production

Trivia:

The film is mainly based on the first two albums of the comic book series, with elements of the next two also included.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Largo confronts Goran on the terrace, the fictional Winch Building is visible in the cityscape. In the next shots and during the fight, the building disappears.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Man:[whipping her] Bitch! Who do you think you are?

Movie Connections:

Version of Largo Winch: The Heir (2001) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Milo moje

Glossy and undemanding

Largo Winch is one of those big glossy disposable action films that France regularly turns out to prove that they can do that sort of thing as well as Hollywood. Based on a hugely popular series of Belgian novels and later comic books and clearly intended as a jetsetting James Bond-like franchise, Anthony Zimmer director Jerome Salle's film kicks off with Miki Manojlovic's billionaire murdered on his yacht, throwing the fifth largest conglomerate into the world into panic until it emerges that he had a secret adopted son (Tomer Sisley) to whom he's left 65% of the shares. Of course, what with a hostile takeover bid from a shady Russian gunrunner (who helpfully introduces himself with "I'm the story's bad guy"), a traitor in the company's ranks and the odd attempt on his life, this is more interested in chases in exotic locations from Hong Kong and South America to not-so-exotic Croatia than boardroom manipulations. As such it's a slick, enjoyable and forgettable package with no surprises – it doesn't take much to anticipate each plot development before it happens – but which provides undemanding entertainment if that's what you're looking for. Like Group W, the film's something of a multi-national itself, shifting from French to English to Croatian to Spanish as the locations demand, with the cast a similar mixture of French (Gilbert Melki, Melanie Thierry, Anne Consigny), British (Kristen Scott-Thomas, Steve Waddington, Benedict Wong) and East Europeans (Karl Roden, Radivoje Bukvic), but it manages to avoid the usual indigestible Euro-Pudding feel by virtue of its relentlessly globetrotting plot. A sequel's already in the works, co-starring Sharon Stone in an effort to get the theatrical release in the English-speaking territories that this didn't manage.