I Am a Soldier (2015)

Original title

Je suis un soldat

Directed by

Laurent Larivière

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unemployed young woman in a French factory town turns to the illegal trade of dog trafficking to survive. She becomes increasingly entangled in this dark underworld.

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What happens

I Am a Soldier (French: Je suis un soldat) is a 2015 French-Belgian drama film directed by Laurent Larivière, starring Louise Bourgoin and Jean-Hugues Anglade. Set in Roubaix, France, the film follows Sandrine, an unemployed young woman who finds herself initiated into the illegal trade of dog trafficking. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. The original title of the film is taken from the lyrics of the Johnny Hallyday song "Quand revient la nuit". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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