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Daltonlar

Les Dalton

Movie · 2004 · 15 people

Les Dalton (Turkish title Daltonlar) is a 2004 French-Spanish-German co-production directed by Philippe Haïm. Mixing western and comedy, it draws on the Dalton Brothers of Morris and René Goscinny's Lucky Luke comics. The comic had already inspired several screen adaptations, La Ballade des Dalton (1978) chief among them. Released on 8 December 2004, the film is counted among the most expensive non-English-language productions, with a budget of about 26.1 million euros.

The story starts with a bank robbery the Daltons stage for their mother's sake. Jailed, the four escape in their usual fashion and set off to find a Mexican hat they believe will solve everything, while Lucky Luke keeps on their heels. Éric Judor plays Joe Dalton, Ramzy Bedia Averell, Saïd Serrari Jack and Romain Berger William. The cast also includes Clovis Cornillac, Darry Cowl, Élie Semoun.

Éric Judor and Michel Hazanavicius wrote the screenplay; Saïd Ben Saïd produced and Alexandre Azaria composed the music. Filming took place in France, Germany and Spain, notably around Rodalquilar in Almería province. The film was shown in Germany as Die Daltons gegen Lucky Luke and in Spain as Los Dalton contra Lucky Luke, and it was presented at the 7th Almería Western Film Festival in 2017.

DirectorPhilippe Haïm
Production companyUGC

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Ramzy Bedia Ramzy Bedia Actor · 54 years old Darry Cowl Darry Cowl Stage actor · died at 80 Éric Judor Clovis Cornillac Élie Semoun François Hadji-Lazaro Ginette Garcin Javivi Jean Benguigui Jean Dujardin Kad Merad Marie-Pierre Casey Marthe Villalonga Michel Muller Sylvie Joly

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Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

The real difficulty in bringing a comic strip to the screen with live actors is how cartoon gestures hold up in a real place. Les Dalton answers that largely with money: the Almería locations, the costumes and the sets are enough to build a colourful world close to Morris's drawings. The problem, in my view, is the script. Judor and Hazanavicius structure the chase as a loosely linked series of sketches; the story never really builds, and the escape-and-capture joke keeps returning in different costumes. That gap between visual care and dramatic structure makes the film an expensive but scattered screen companion to the comic.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Children who know Lucky Luke will recognise the Dalton Brothers right away. There is a robbery and a prison break, but it is all told in an exaggerated, cartoon-style comic register. I would say it works for the family from primary-school age up. Some of the jokes do lean on French humour and may go over younger heads, so grown-ups might need to explain a thing or two.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

On paper it has everything: Almería landscapes, four outlaw brothers and a cowboy who never gives up the chase. But the pursuit is built for gags from start to finish, and the tension never rises. Even knowing Lucky Luke is right behind them, you never believe the Daltons are in real danger. Fine as a light western comedy; anyone after a proper showdown will not find one here.

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