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Yamakasi

2001 · 90 min

A breezy, athletic Robin Hood romp through Paris banlieues, mixing acrobatic stunts with earnest community spirit and a race against time.

Directed by: Ariel Zeitoun, Julien Seri
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Châu Belle Dinh, Williams Belle, Malik Diouf

Overview: Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.

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Directed by: Ariel Zeitoun, Julien Seri
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Châu Belle Dinh, Williams Belle, Malik Diouf

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Tone: upliftingstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
class
survival
found family
justice
Places: big city
suburbs
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	8
Horror	1
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	5

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