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San Antonio (2004)

San Antonio poster
Directed by
Frédéric Auburtin
Genre
comedy film, crime comedy film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
U
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police commissioner and his lieutenant try to solve crimes. It is based on a popular book series and is an action comedy.

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What happens

San-Antonio is a 2004 French action comedy film, directed by Frédéric Auburtin and starring Gérard Lanvin as the titular protagonist, police commissioner San-Antonio, and Gérard Depardieu as his sidekick, lieutenant Bérurier. Based on Frédéric Dard's popular book series and produced by Claude Berri, the film had a high budget by French standards. It had a troubled production history, received mostly negative reviews and bombed at the box-office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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