Half a Chance (1998)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

Alice Tomaso gets out of jail, and goes looking for Léo and Julien, one of whom, it appears, is her father. On the way, she steals the wrong car - one belonging to the Russian mafia, and arrives at her destination with a gang of thugs out looking for her and the car.

• Released: 1998-03-25
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 50m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 5.8/10 from 125 votes

Directed by Patrice Leconte.

Top cast

• Jean-Paul Belmondo as Léo Brassac
• Alain Delon as Julien Vignal
• Vanessa Paradis as Alice Tomaso
• Michel Aumont as Ledoyen
• Eric Defosse as Carella
• Aleksandr Yakovlev as Trenchcoat killer
• Valeri Gatayev as Anatoli Sharkov
• Jacques Roman as Attorney Varinot
• Sandrine Caron as Butler
• Luis Jaime-Cortez as Ángel Vargas

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Half a Chance

• United States: stream on Kino Film Collection; watch free on Kanopy, Hoopla; rent on Fandango At Home; buy on Fandango At Home

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