Yamakasi (2001)

04/04/2001 (FR) • 1h 30m

Action, Crime, Drama

Overview

Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.


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Part of the Yamakasi Collection

Includes The Great Challenge, Yamakasi

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

$15,000,000.00

Revenue

$1,297,401.00

Keywords

street gang

france

paris, france

police

roof

ghetto

parkour

thief

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