The Stronghold (2021)
- Original title
- BAC Nord
- Directed by
- Cédric Jiménez
- Genre
- police film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.4 of 10 from 1,428 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
It follows police officers in Marseille's anti-crime brigade as they get caught up in a corruption scandal. The story is based on a true event where squad members were charged with drug trafficking.
tensegrittyfast-pacedproceduralgroundedsuspensefulbleakvisceral
What happens
BAC Nord (internationally titled The Stronghold) is a 2021 French action thriller film co-written and directed by Cédric Jimenez from a screenplay by Jimenez and Audrey Diwan, starring Gilles Lellouche, François Civil, Karim Leklou, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Kenza Fortas. The film made its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival out of competition on 12 July 2021. StudioCanal released the film theatrically in France on 18 August 2021. The film received seven nominations for the 47th César Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor. The plot is based on a scandal that took place in 2012 within the anti-crime brigade (French: fr:brigade anticriminalité, BAC) of Marseille where eighteen members were indicted for drug trafficking and racketeering. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Rogue City (2020)
En plein cœur (2021)
Ganglands (2021)
Undercover (2021)
Bad Seeds (2021)
Les Bois maudits (2021)
Murder in the Basque Country (2020)
The Squad: Home Run (2023)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.