Yamakasi (2001)

Director
Ariel Zeitoun; Julien Seri

Main cast
Châu Belle Dinh; Williams Belle; Malik Diouf; Yann Hnautra; Guylain N'Guba-Boyeke

Genres
Action, Crime, Drama

Description
Yamakasi - Les samouraïs des temps modernes is a 2001 French movie written by Luc Besson. It demonstrates the skills of the Yamakasi, a group of traceurs who battle against injustice in the Paris ghetto. They use parkour to steal from the rich in order to pay off medical bills for a kid injured copying their techniques.


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