A journalist, a mole, and seven tonnes of weed walk into a conspiracy theory that turns out to be terrifyingly real.
October 2015. French customs seize seven tonnes of cannabis in the heart of the capital. The same day, Hubert Antoine, a former mole with a shady past, contacts Stéphane Vilner, a journalist at Libération. He claims to be able to demonstrate the existence of State drug trafficking led by Jacques Billard, prominent media figure and high-ranking French police officer. Suspicious at first, the young journalist finally dives into an investigation that will lead him to the darkest corners of the Republic.
Acting
Vincent Lindon's icy menace as the untouchable Billard.
Direction
De Peretti's documentary-style realism that makes fiction feel like leaked evidence.
Director
Thierry de Peretti
Roschdy Zem
Hubert Antoine
Pio Marmaï
Stéphane Vilner
Vincent Lindon
Jacques Billard
Julie Moulier
Julie Mondoloni
Alexis Manenti
Alexis Novinard
Antonia Buresi
Antonia Nicoli
Mylène Jampanoï
Mylène Antoine
Lucie Gallo
Lucie Grimaldi
Arnaud Churin
Le directeur de la rédaction de Libération
Pierre-Alain Chapuis
Le directeur de la publication de Libération
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
La procureure de la République
Marie-Pierre Nouveau
Substitut de la Procureure
Marilyne Canto
La juge au procès en diffamation
Toufik Ayadi
Karim Fassi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real journalistic investigations into the 'French Connection' legacy and police corruption scandals that rocked 2010s France. The film's release coincided with ongoing debates about institutional accountability.
Roschdy Zem and Pio Marmaï previously starred together in 'The Night Caller' (2005), making their fractured trust here a fascinating inversion of that earlier dynamic.
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