La voie est libre (1998)

La voie est libre (1998)

Release Date: 1998, January 14
Directors: Stéphane Clavier
Countries: France
Production: Mandarin Production, M6 Films, M6 Films, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Ruitor productions, Ruitor productions
Cast: François Cluzet, Philippe Paimblanc, Édouard Montoute, François Levantal, Zinedine Soualem, Jean-François Gallotte, Catherine Benguigui, Benoît Tachoires, Michel Muller, Emma de Caunes, Bruno Lochet, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu

Overview:

This comedy is about a Métro worker, Jules, who penned seventeen unanswered letters to France's Minister of Transportation protesting being fired. When he learns that the Minister is to appear in person at the Lyons station to dedicate a new rail line, Jules is there hoping to speak with him in person; he carries a concealed gun and when he is unable to speak to the Minister, the normally mild Jules snaps and takes an entire train car hostage