
eXistenZ(1999)
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.


Tony is crazy about video games. But he is arrested during a hold-up which failed, and he goes to prison for eight months. When he gets out, he contacts Valery, GameStar's boss, and offers her a new video game concept.

Saïd Taghmaoui
Tony

Alexis Loret
Luc

Camille De Pazzis
Nina

Maud Buquet
Sabrina

Bruno Salomone
Rico

Arielle Dombasle
Valérie Fisher

Laurent Klug
Le journaliste

Julien Courbey
Momo

Catherine Benguigui
Dietetician
Frédéric Lancian
Alex
Gamer is a action, thriller, science fiction film released in 2001 exploring themes of video game. Directed by Patrick Levy, it stars Saïd Taghmaoui, Alexis Loret, Camille De Pazzis. Tony is crazy about video games. But he is arrested during a hold-up which failed, and he goes to prison for eight months. When he gets out, he contacts Valery, GameStar's boss, and offers her a new video game concept.
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