Turf

(2013)

★ 4.7 IMDb · 92 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 2013

Runtime: 102 мин

Country: France

Director: Fabien Onteniente

Cast: Ален Шаба, Эдуард Баэр, Филипп Дюкен, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Vahina Giocante, Сержи Лопес, Жерар Депардье, Héléna Noguerra, Nozha Khouadra, Abbes Zahmani

Plot

This is the story of four French friends: the Greek (an osteopath), Fifi (who lives with his mother), Fortuné (a West Indian) and Freddy (a gambler). They meet up regularly at a Parisian bookmakers’, their favourite haunt. Tired of frittering away the little spare cash they have, they agree to give up gambling. But no sooner have they taken this pledge than Fate intervenes, in the guise of the turf king, Monsieur Paul. The latter persuades the four friends to buy a champion racehorse, not knowing that it is in fact an old nag…