The Lookout (2012 film)

The Lookout (French: Le Guetteur; Italian: Il cecchino, lit. 'The Sniper') is a French-Belgian-Italian crime film from 2012, directed by Michele Placido and starring Daniel Auteuil and Mathieu Kassovitz. It marked Placido's directorial debut outside Italy, as a result of the French box office success of his 2010 film Angel of Evil.^[3]

The Lookout
Film poster
French	Le Guetteur
Italian	Il cecchino
Directed by	Michele Placido
Written by	Cédric Melon Denis Brusseaux
Produced by	Fabio Conversi
Starring	Daniel Auteuil Mathieu Kassovitz
Cinematography	Arnaldo Catinari
Music by	Nicolas Errèra
Production company	Babe Film
Distributed by	Studio Canal
Release date	5 September 2012 (2012-09-05) (France & Belgium)
Running time	89 min
Countries	France Belgium Italy
Language	French
Budget	$12.2 million [1]
Box office	$2 million [2]

Synopsis

A Parisian police squad, laying in wait for a group of bank robbers after a tip-off, is attacked by a sniper on a rooftop when the robbers come out from the bank. Several policemen are killed and the robbers manage to escape. Chief Inspector Mattei, who led the police squad, tries to identify the sniper and interrogates a possible suspect, while the wounded robbers are treated in the countryside by a corrupt doctor who turns out to be a serial killer.

Main cast

• Daniel Auteuil as Mattei
• Mathieu Kassovitz as Vincent Kaminski
• Olivier Gourmet as Franck
• Francis Renaud as Eric
• Nicolas Briançon as Meyer
• Luca Argentero as Nico
• Violante Placido as Anna
• Arly Jover as Kathy
• Christian Hecq as Gerfaut
• Sébastien Lagniez as Ryan
• Michele Placido as Giovanni
• Fanny Ardant as Giovanni's wife
• Géraldine Martineau as Sonia