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Like a Fish Out of Water (1999) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1999 · 90 mins · French
- Directed by
- Hervé Hadmar
- Starring
- Monica Bellucci, Dominique Pinon, José Garcia, Tchéky Karyo, Frankie Pain, Michel Muller
A seductive femme fatale (Monica Bellucci) teams with two con men—one cold as ice, the other who enjoys “icing” his victims—to recruit an unsuspecting, mild‑mannered man for a plot to steal a rare, valuable fish. They plan to sell it back to its grieving owner for a large profit, a nod to “sleeping with the fishes.” Tchéky Karyo, Michel Muller and Dominique Pinon co‑star.
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