07/02/2012

Untouchable [+see also:
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With a grand total of over 3.39 million admissions, Untouchable, a story of friendship narrated by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache, is now the greatest French success ever at the German box office. It has beaten Welcome to the Sticks [+see also:
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(Translated from French)