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The Connection (2014)

The Connection poster
Original title
La French
Directed by
Cédric Jiménez
Genre
action film, crime film, thriller film
Country
France, Belgium
Runtime
2h 15m
Rated
R
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 951 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

The film follows a French magistrate in the 1970s as he goes after a powerful drug ringleader in Marseille. It shows the cat and mouse chase between law enforcement and organized crime.

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What happens

The Connection (French: La French) is a 2014 historical crime action thriller film directed by Cédric Jimenez and produced by Alain Goldman. The film was inspired by the events of the French Connection in the 1970s, starring Jean Dujardin as police magistrate Pierre Michel and Gilles Lellouche as Gaëtan "Tany" Zampa, a drug gang ringleader. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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