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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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