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Directed by | Vincent De Brus |
Written by | Vincent De Brus |
Produced by | Christian Fechner |
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Cinematography | Laurent Machuel |
Edited by | Sylvie Gadmer |
Music by | Jean-Claude Camors |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures [1] |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Languages | French English |
Budget | €18.2 million [2] |
Box office | $2.7 million [3] |
L'Entente Cordiale (lit. 'The Cordial Agreement') is a 2006 French spy comedy film written and directed by Vincent De Brus. The title is a reference to Entente Cordiale, a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and France. The film stars Christian Clavier and Daniel Auteuil, along with British actors Jennifer Saunders and John Cleese.
The film was released in France on 21 June 2006 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It drew around 113.573 admissions in France. [2]
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