Franck Gastambide, "Without respite" cop in trouble

• “Without Respite” is the remake of the South Korean film “Hard Day”.

• These adventures of a cop who accumulates bad luck and bad decisions are very amusing.

• Franck Gastambide finds there a role of “rogue” but endearing cop.

In the beginning was

(2014) by Kim Seong-hun, a South Korean thriller full of dark humor.

, Régis Blondeau's first film available on Netflix this Friday, is a dynamic remake of it with Franck Gastambide in the role of an unlucky "rogue" cop who goes on disasters trying to save his skin after having knocked down a pedestrian on a road. deserted road.

“I loved the original film, explains Franck Gastambide to

.

So I jumped at the chance to take on the role again.

And all the more so since

makes a bit of a connection between my action comedies and the auteur films in which I have been able to shoot.

The actor is completely in his place in this joyful race against time which well deserves its title as it does not spare the spectator.

Enjoyable entertainment

Among other concerns, the hero finds himself confronted with an impressive colleague from the narcotics brigade played by Simon Abkarian, who we saw in particular against Daniel Craig in

.

“For a little guy from his suburbs like me, playing with a former James Bond villain is really great,” marvels Franck Gastambide.

Their face-to-face are part of the particularly enjoyable moments of an ensemble that is not stingy with action scenes.

“After three years devoted to my series

, it was a pleasure to do the actor again with another director for this very physical character that we meet at the worst time of his life, ”adds the actor.

He did not want to see the Korean film again to allow himself the latitude to "leave on a blank page without having the temptation to imitate the main actor of the previous version".

He is just as convincing as Lee Sun-Gyun as he makes his character endearing in his misfortune.

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The spectator will never again look at balloons or a container in the same way after having seen

which plays the card of squeaky laughter just as much as its model.

"This remake offers an opportunity to introduce this story to the French but also international public since it will be broadcast simultaneously in a hundred countries", specifies Franck Gastambide.

The actor's jubilation and the dynamism of the staging make this nervous thriller a real moment of uninhibited entertainment.

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