Summaries

The cab driver sets American Zed up with Zoe in his Paris hotel. Despite FFR1000 charged, she's an art student with day jobs e.g. bank. Safecracker Zed meets his junkie friend after 11 years to rob a bank.

Zed has only just arrived in the beautiful Paris and already he's up to no good. Having just slept with a call girl, he spends a night on the town with his dangerous friends. They all decide to rob a bank the following day. There's only one problem: Zed's call-girl, Zoe, just happens to work at the bank which is to be robbed!—Michael Feller <[email protected]>

Eric Stoltz stars as Zed, an American safe-cracker, who arrives in Paris to help a childhood friend, Eric (Jean-Hugues Anglade), with a Bastille Day bank heist. Women, drugs, and madness collide as Zed slowly realizes Eric is a ticking time bomb whose instability threatens the job and the lives of all involved.—B.A. Hicks

An American vault-cracker ( Zed ) meets up with an old friend ( Eric ) in Paris. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. Zed is trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody seige.—Peter Goldsack <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • female topless nudity
  • bank
  • lust
  • call girl
  • american in paris
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Aug 30, 1994
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States France
Language English French
Filming locations Farmers and Merchants Bank - 401 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies Davis-Films Live Entertainment PFG Entertainment

Box office

Budget $1500000
Gross US & Canada $418961
Opening weekend US & Canada $30586
Gross worldwide $418961

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 36m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby SR Dolby
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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