The Easy Way (film)

The Easy Way (French: Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence; lit. 'Without weapons, hatred or violence') is a 2008 French heist film directed by Jean-Paul Rouve, who also stars in the title role as the real life thief Albert Spaggiari, who organized a break-in into a Société Générale bank in Nice, France in 1976.^[3] The original French title refers to the note Albert Spaggiari left in the bank after completing the robbery.

The Easy Way
Film poster
French	Sans arme, ni haine, ni violence
Directed by	Jean-Paul Rouve
Written by	Benoît Graffin Jean-Paul Rouve
Produced by	Aïssa Djabri Pauline Duhault Farid Lahouassa
Starring	Jean-Paul Rouve Alice Taglioni Gilles Lellouche
Cinematography	Christophe Offenstein
Edited by	Stan Collet
Music by	Alexandre Azaria
Distributed by	Mars Distribution
Release date	16 April 2008 (2008-04-16)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$8.6 million[1]
Box office	$3.7 million[2]

Part of the movie was shot in Portugal at the Hotel Palácio Estoril, a 5-star hotel where some scenes of the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service were also shot.

Plot

In 1977 in Nice, Albert Spaggiari is arrested by the police and brought to a judge's office for interrogation, but he manages to escape by jumping out of the window and riding off on a motorcycle with an accomplice. He travels to South America where he meets new faces including a mysterious journalist who wants to interview him about the heist and his whereabouts.

Cast

• Jean-Paul Rouve as Albert Spaggiari
• Alice Taglioni as Julia
• Gilles Lellouche as Vincent Goumard
• Florence Loiret Caille as Nathalie Goumard
• Patrick Bosso as The gangster
• Anne Marivin as The cop
• Pom Klementieff as NHI
• Gérard Depardieu as The godfather

See also

• Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
• The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1979)