The Race (Le Raid)

The Race (original title Le Raid) is a 2002 French comedy-adventure directed by Djamel Bensalah, who wrote the script with Gilles Laurent. Gaumont and Canal+ were behind it, Patrice Ledoux produced and Barry Adamson composed the music. Shot in French, it runs about 94 minutes. It reached Turkish cinemas as Büyük Yarış on 10 October 2003, rated suitable for viewers aged seven and over. It was shot on 35 mm in colour.

In the story, Carlito, one of the Saint-Denis mob's ringleaders, dangles four million dollars before four men, Tacchini, Sami, Yaya and Kader, and gives them a heavy job: enter an extreme sports tournament and kill a man named Leonore de Segonzac. Nothing goes to plan, because four more killers are on the quartet's tail. Roschdy Zem plays Sami.

Besides Julien Courbey, Sacha Bourdo and Yves Rénier, the cast includes Hélène de Fougerolles, Roschdy Zem, Gérard Jugnot, Josiane Balasko, Omar Sy, Lorànt Deutsch, Marina Foïs, Axelle Laffont, Didier Flamand and Atmen Kelif.