It’s been 15 years since Luc Besson directed his last genuine Hollywood hit with the enjoyable European sci-fi comedy THE FIFTH ELEMENT. Since then he’s dabbled in writing and producing action mega hits such as TAKEN and THE TRANSPORTER franchises, as well as helming more personal projects like THE LADY and ANGEL-A.
Forthcoming crime comedy THE FAMILY, based on the novel ‘Malavita’ by Tonino Benacquista, may still see him on French home soil but the film is led by genuine Hollywood royalty with Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer as the husband and wife of a notorious mafia family named The Manzoni’s, who are forced into the witness protection programme in Normandy when they’re turn snitch. Official synopsis is as follows:
A mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the witness protection program after snitching on the mob. Despite the best efforts of CIA Agent Stansfield (Tommy Lee Jones) to keep them in line, Giovanni Manzoni (Robert DeNiro), his wife Maggie (Michelle Pfeiffer) and their children, Belle (Dianna Agron) and Warren (John D’Leo) cannot help but revert to old habits and blow their cover by handling their problems the “family” way, enabling their former mafia cronies to track them down.
We’ve a brand new featurette and a collection of French one-sheet designs (which are sticking with the novel’s title) from film co-starring Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, David Belle and John D’Leo. You can also click on the following links to find the first three clips, US character posters and trailer.
THE FAMILY (or MALAVITA) hits US cinemas from the 20th September and the UK 8th November.
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