 
  | In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, on the track of German bank robbers, so he doesn't lose his license and his dream job. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 08, 1998 | 
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| Director: | Gérard Pirès | 
| Writer: | Luc Besson | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Adventure, Action, Crime | 
| Keywords | taxi, marseille, france, taxi driver, pizza delivery, pizza boy, police officer, bank robbery | 
| Production Companies | Canal+, ARP Sélection, TF1 Films Production, StudioCanal, Cofimage 9, EuropaCorp, TF1 International, Studio Image 4 | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $44,218,015 Budget: $8,700,000 | 
| Updates | Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Aug 14, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Samy Naceri | Daniel Morales | 
| Frédéric Diefenthal | Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec | 
| Marion Cotillard | Lilly Bertineau | 
| Manuela Gourary | Camille Coutant-Kerbalec | 
| Emma Wiklund | Petra | 
| Bernard Farcy | Commissaire Gibert | 
| Georges Neri | Joe | 
| Guy Quang | Pizza Joe Motorcyclist | 
| Maurice Murcia | Pensioned Taxi Driver | 
| Sabine Bail | Femme Préfecture | 
| Dan Herzberg | Paulo | 
| Sébastien Thiery | Driving Instructor | 
| Eric Bérenger | Butcher | 
| Philippe du Janerand | Passenger to Airport | 
| Christophe Fesquet | Flic Radar #1 | 
| Gérard Vantaggioli | Flic Radar #2 | 
| Édouard Montoute | Alain | 
| Tara Römer | Collègue Emilien | 
| Christian Mazucchini | Pilote Ringard #1 | 
| Guillaume Lanson | Pilote Ringard #2 | 
| Sébastien Pons | Rachid | 
| Malek Bechar | Marco | 
| Gérard Dubouche | Chauffeur Gibert | 
| Richard Sammel | German Gangster #1 | 
| Niels Dubost | German Gangster #2 | 
| Franck Libert | German Gangster #3 | 
| Dominique Noé | Ministre | 
| Pierre Brichese | Chauffeur | 
| Stephan Chrisz | German Gangster #4 | 
| Paul Fructus | Krüger Bar Patron | 
| Grégory Knop | Krüger | 
| Denis Braccini | Chef Pompier | 
| Bernard Destouches | Flic Barrage Valises | 
| Emilio Martinez | Homme Nettoyeur Banque | 
| Catherine Alias | Femme Nettoyeur Banque | 
| Stéphane Algoud | Jimmy | 
| Thierry Melia | Caissier Banque | 
| Jérôme Leleu | Jean Bat | 
| Jean-François Palaccio | Jeune Flic Mérris | 
| Henri Masini | Vieux Flic Mérris | 
| Jean-Baptiste Chaudoul | Flic Feu Rouge No. 13 | 
| Paul Silve | Préfet | 
| Didier Gayral | Cas 1er Carton | 
| Stéphane Eichenholc | Flic Radar #3 | 
| Ludovic Lavaissière | Pizzaïolo | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Véronique Lange | Editor | 
| Jean-Jacques Gernolle | Production Design | 
| Didier Hoarau | Unit Production Manager | 
| Gerard Diefenthal | Second Assistant Director | 
| Bruno Resnais | Assistant Director | 
| Philippe Letode | Location Scout | 
| Jeanne Biras | Casting | 
| Jean-Pierre Lelong | Foley Artist | 
| Jean-Pierre Sauvaire | Director of Photography | 
| Vincent Arnardi | Sound Designer | 
| Jeremy Bau | Assistant Unit Manager | 
| Gaetan Rousseau | Assistant Production Manager | 
| Fabien Vergez | Second Assistant Director | 
| Myriam Hottois | Makeup Artist | 
| Winny Calissoni | Casting | 
| Jacques Thomas-Gérard | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Luc Besson | Screenplay | 
| Gérard Pirès | Director | 
| Chattoune | Costume Design | 
| Stéphane Gluck | First Assistant Director | 
| Franck Schwarz | Art Direction | 
| Bernard Grenet | Production Manager | 
| Sophie Davin | Second Assistant Director | 
| Sophie Lifshitz | Third Assistant Director | 
| Michèle Andreucci | Script Supervisor | 
| Catherine Werner Schmit | Set Decoration | 
| Akhenaton | Original Music Composer | 
| Vincent Tulli | Sound Designer | 
| Djamel Ouahab | Casting | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Laurent Pétin | Producer | 
| Michèle Pétin | Producer | 
| Luc Besson | Producer | 
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