101 minutes – Drama, Cold War, Politics
Language: French, English, Spanish
Release Date: May 16, 2008
Production company: Aetios Production
Canadian distributor: Alliance Vivafilm
Le piège Américain, or The American Trap as it is titled in English, is set during the years of the Cold War in the mid-1960s and features an international cast of actors. Much of the world is still reeling from the assassination of JFK – but has yet to lose Bobby Kennedy. In the midst of all this, a reluctant hero by the name of Lucien Rivard becomes enmeshed in a web of global political intrigue and corruption. The United States, Russia and France are embroiled in a strategic battle over Third World natural resources. To keep the upper hand, each of their secret services has joined forces with various organized crime factions. Lucien is the go-between, travelling to the casinos of Havana, the night clubs of Dallas, the seedy heroin labs of Marseille, the tropical jungles of Indonesia and the urban jungles of New Orleans and Montreal. As tensions heat up, he becomes a secret weapon for a black ops organization over which he has no control – and an unwitting protagonist as a tragic chain of events begins to unfold before his very eyes.
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Crew:
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Producer:
| Fabienne Larouche
Michel Trudeau
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Director:
| Charles Binamé
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Screenwriter:
| Fabienne Larouche
Michel Trudeau
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Cinematographer:
| Pierre Gill
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Editor:
| Dominique Drouin
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Composer:
| Sari Dajani
Iohann Martin
Rudy Toussaint
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Production Designer:
| Danielle Labrie
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Cast: |
Roles:
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Rémy Girard Gérard Darmon Colm Feore Joe Cobden Janet Lane Tony Calabretta Serge Houde Dino Tavarone Jeff Boudreault Denis Gravereaux Matthew Boylan Bill Lake James Bradford Manuel Tadros Philip Riccio Sean Brison Jim Adhi-Limas Danny Blanco Hall William Thurlow Pauline B. Abarca Luc Proulx Andrew Johnston Larry Day Glen Robin Annick Desmarais Glen Bower Bob Babinski Maytee Figueredo Chavez Deke Richards Inav Vukov Leonardo Fuica Paul Don Peter Saganis Robert Tessier Jean-Philippe Leblanc Filip Petacki Odalys Cantoja Toledo Yuri D. Cervantes Nathalie Béland Katia Morales Suyin Monette Diana Diaz Veridiana Butos Mara
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Lucien Rivard
Paul Mondolini
Maurice Bishop
Jeffery Cohen
Rose Cheramie
Jack Ruby
DEA Agent Thompson
Carlos Marcello
Michel Caron
Michael Victr Mertz
Bobby Kennedy
J. Edgar Hoover
John L McClellan
Joseph Valachi
Lee Harvey Oswald
Edward James Whalen
Head of the Indonesian rebels
Diego
Process Judge Rivard
Miss Baptista
Groleau
Psychaitrist
Santo Traffcante
Lieutenant Francis Frugé
Marie Llda Caron
American Customs Officer 1
American Customs Officer 2
Happy Cuban
Hungarian 1
Hungarian 2
Che Guevara
Montréal Policeman 1
Montréal Policeman 2
Montréal Policeman 3
Montréal Policeman 4
Montréal Policeman 5
Cuban Dancer 1
Cuban Dancer 2
Cuban Dancer 3
Cuban Dancer 4
Cuban Dancer 5
Cuban Dancer 6
Cuban Dancer 7
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