Three officers are tasked with escorting an illegal immigrant to Charles de Gaulle airport, where he will be forced onto a plane and sent back to his homeland. But when they find out about the truth, they have to make a difficult choice.
Acting
Omar Sy's simmering restraint, Virginie Efira's unraveling composure.
Direction
Fontaine's unbearable patience — no release, just pressure.
Director
Anne Fontaine
Omar Sy
Aristide
Virginie Efira
Virginie
Grégory Gadebois
Erik
Payman Maadi
Asomidin Tohirov
Anne-Pascale Clairembourg
Martine, la femme d'Erik
Cédric Vieira
Le mari de Virginie
Thierry Levaret
Hervé, le chef du commissariat
Emmanuel Barrouyer
L'homme violent
Anne-Gaëlle Jourdain
Mère maltraitante
Cécile Rebboah
L'assistante sociale
Elisa Lasowski
Sonia, la femme battue
Aurore Broutin
La psychologue
Nagisa Morimoto
La pharmacienne
Tadrina Hocking
La gynécologue
Gwenaël Clause
Le préposé centre de rétention
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Fontaine based the procedural details on actual French police escort protocols for deportations, which she researched for months to avoid melodrama.
Released during Europe's 2015 refugee crisis aftermath, the film sparked debates about whether it humanized police too much or migrants too little — French critics were split down political lines.
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