Kidnapping Inc.

Kidnapping Inc.
Promotional release poster
Directed byBruno Mourral
Written byJasmuel Andri
Bruno Mourral
Gilbert Mirambeau Jr.
Produced bySamuel Chauvin
Yanick Létourneau
Gilbert Mirambeau Jr.
Bruno Mourral
StarringJasmuel Andri
Rolaphton Mercure
Patrick Joseph
Ashley Laraque
CinematographyMartin Levent
Edited byBruno Mourral
Arthur Tarnowski
Music byOlivier Alary
Production
companies
Muska Films
BHM Films
Promenade Films
Peripheria Films
Backup Media
Distributed byFilmoption International
Release date
  • January 22, 2024 (2024-01-22) (Sundance)
Running time
107 minutes
CountriesHaiti
Canada
France
LanguagesHaitian Creole
French

Kidnapping Inc. is a 2024 crime comedy thriller film co-written and directed by Bruno Mourral in his directorial debut.[1] A coproduction between Haiti, Canada and France, the film stars Jasmuel Andri and Rolaphton Mercure as Doc and Zoe, two low-level gangsters in Haiti who are assigned the task of transporting the kidnapped son of presidential candidate Benjamin Perralt (Ashley Laraque) to their boss's headquarters, only for the plan to go awry when they accidentally kill the victim, and must set out to abduct lookalike Patrick (Patrick Joseph) to cover their tracks.[2]

The cast also includes Anabel Lopez as Audrey, the girlfriend of the murder victim who is trying to raise the ransom money, and Gessica Généus as Laura, Patrick's pregnant wife who was trying to get out of Haiti so that her child could be born in a safer and freer country but becomes a collateral tag-along to Patrick's kidnapping.[3]

  1. ^ Siddhant Adlakha, "‘Kidnapping Inc.’ Review: A Haitian Comedy-Thriller That Crashes and Burns". IndieWire, January 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Vladan Petkovic, "Review: Kidnapping Inc.". Cineuropa, January 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Anthony Kaufman, "‘Kidnapping Inc.’: Sundance Review". Screen Daily, January 23, 2024.