Safari 2009

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Topic: Film "Safari" (2009).
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Title: Safari (2009).
Release Date: April 1, 2009 (US, France, Belgium, Switzerland).
Genre: Adventure, Comedy (French comedy).
Director: Olivier Baroux.
Screenplay: Jean-Paul Bathany, Olivier Baroux, Richard Grandpierre, Pascal Plisson.
Cast: Kad Merad (plays Richard Dacier).
Runtime: 1h 42m.
Plot:
Richard Dacier owns a tour agency for European tourists interested in African wildlife.
He took the job from his father but has never been into the savanna alone.
He owes money to a mobster.
He is forced to transport a fake tourist with a suspicious suitcase to Mozambique.
To avoid authorities, he must pretend to tour a group of tourists as usual.
He is inexperienced as a guide.