Le prix du danger

Le Prix du Danger (The Prize of Peril) is a 1983 French-Yugoslav science fiction movie, directed by Yves Boisset. It is based on Robert Sheckley's short story "The Prize of Peril", published in 1958.

Le Prix du Danger
Le Prix du Danger movie poster
Directed by	Yves Boisset
Written by	Yves Boisset Jean Curtelin
Based on	The Prize of Peril by Robert Sheckley
Produced by	Norbert Saada
Starring	Gérard Lanvin Michel Piccoli Marie-France Pisier Bruno Cremer Andréa Ferreol Jean-Claude Dreyfus
Cinematography	Pierre-William Glenn
Music by	Vladimir Cosma
Distributed by	UGC Distribution
Release date	January 1983 (1983-01)
Running time	100 min
Countries	France Yugoslavia
Language	French
Box office	1,388,858 admissions (France)

Plot

In the near future, a popular TV show hosted by the charismatic Frédéric Mallaire (Michel Piccoli) features candidates hunted by volunteer killers who must run for their lives. In order to win the million dollar prize, François Jacquemard (Gérard Lanvin) volunteers to be the running man in the upcoming edition of the show. As the chase begins, François discovers that the show is rigged and that the ruthless broadcasting company CTV (led by cynical CEO Antoine Chirex (Bruno Cremer) and right-hand woman Laurence Ballard (Marie-France Pisier)) are actually helping candidates only to let them die at the very end of the show, therefore ensuring maximal audience throughout.

See also

• Das Millionenspiel – West German TV movie from 1970
• The Running Man – 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
• The Hunger Games (film series)

Bibliography

• Willis, Donald C. (1985), Variety's Complete Science Fiction Reviews, Garland Publishing Inc, pp. 415–416, ISBN 978-0824087128

External links

• Le Prix du Danger at IMDb