Taxi 4 is a 2007 French

Cinema of France

The Cinema of France comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of France or by French filmmakers abroad.France is the birthplace of cinema and was responsible for many of its early significant contributions. Several important cinematic movements, including the Nouvelle...

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Gérard Krawczyk

Gérard Krawczyk

Gérard Krawczyk is a French film director. He is of Polish descent .-Filmography as director:* Homocide by Night * Je hais les acteurs Gérard Krawczyk (17 May 1953) is a French film director. He is of Polish descent (his grandparents were from Częstochowa).-Filmography as director:* Homocide by...

. It is the sequel to the 2003 French

France

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 Action

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

/Comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

 film Taxi 3

Taxi 3

Taxi 3 is a 2003 French comedy film directed by Gérard Krawczyk. It is the sequel to Taxi 2.-Plot:A group of thieves calling themselves the Santa Claus gang are wreaking havoc, and the Marseille police are, as usual, unable to keep up. Superintendent Gibert is distracted by a Chinese journalist ...

. As with all the other films in the Gallic Taxi franchise, Samy Naceri plays taxi driver "Daniel Morales", this time in a Peugeot 407

Peugeot 407

The Peugeot 407 was a large family car produced by the French automaker Peugeot from 2004 to 2010. It is available in saloon, coupé and estate variants, with both Diesel and petrol engines...

 unlike the 406

Peugeot 406

The Peugeot 406 was a large family car made by the French automaker Peugeot from 1995 to 2004. Available in saloon, estate and coupé bodystyles with a choice of petrol or turbodiesel engines, the 406 replaced the Peugeot 405 in Peugeot's lineup, and was itself replaced by the Peugeot 407...

 in the previous films. Frédéric Diefenthal

Frédéric Diefenthal

Frédéric Diefenthal is a French actor and director.-Biography:Diefenthal began acting in the early 1990s; he held a main role in the French television series Le juge est une femme , where he first gained a degree of notoriety...

 is "Émilien Coutant-Kerbalec", whilst Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Jean-Christophe Bouvet

Jean-Christophe Bouvet is a French actor, film director and writer.-Filmography as actor:*1977 : La Machine directed by Paul Vecchiali*1977 : Le théâtre des matières directed by Jean-Claude Biette...

 reprises his role as "General Bertineau" yet again. The film also features French footballer Djibril Cissé

Djibril Cissé

Djibril Aruun Cissé is a French international footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Lazio as a striker. He is noted particularly for his speed and acceleration. Since 2005, he has held the title of Lord of the Manor of Frodsham....

.

Synopsis

A Belgian criminal, Albert Vandenbosh, is in the custody of the Police Department of Marseille

Marseille

Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

 before transfer to a prison in Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

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. Unfortunately Émilien (Frédéric Diefenthal

Frédéric Diefenthal

Frédéric Diefenthal is a French actor and director.-Biography:Diefenthal began acting in the early 1990s; he held a main role in the French television series Le juge est une femme , where he first gained a degree of notoriety...

) is tricked by the villain, who claims to be Eugene Triboulet a bank accountant, and convinced to let the prisoner go. After these events he's fired but luckily for him his friend Daniel (Samy Naceri

Samy Naceri

Samy Naceri is a French actor known for his work in the four Taxi movies and The Code .-Childhood and Career:...

) helps him.

Box office

On the opening day, 450,000 people attended in France with 43,000 in Paris alone. T4xi's Canadian premiere was at the Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs

Just for Laughs is a comedy festival held each July in Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1983. It is the largest international comedy festival in the world.- Information :...

 Comedia

Comedia

Comedia is a comedy film festival taking place in July as part of the larger Just for Laughs comedy festival.The Comedia festival started in 1996. It celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2006. For a few years, Comedia was held as part of the Fantasia Festival which also began in 1996.It gives awards...

Film Festival on 22 July 2007, a week before wide release.

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