The Connection (2014)

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

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.

grittytensefast-pacedsuspensefulnoirishintense

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)

Trailer

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