In Paris, two cops are competing for the vacant job of chief of police, in the middle of the search for a gang of violent thieves. The movie is directed by Olivier Marchal, a former police officer who spent 12 years with the French police before creating this story, taken in part from real events of the 1980s.
Acting
Auteuil and Depardieu devour each other—two titans, zero mercy.
Direction
Ex-cop Marchal brings procedural detail you can't fake.
Writing
Real 1980s cases fuel every ugly twist.
Director
Olivier Marchal
Daniel Auteuil
Leo Vrinks
Gérard Depardieu
Denis Klein
André Dussollier
Robert Mancini
Roschdy Zem
Hugo Silien
Valeria Golino
Camille Vrinks
Daniel Duval
Eddy Valence
Francis Renaud
Titi Brasseur
Catherine Marchal
Eve Verhagen
Guy Lecluyse
Groluc
Alain Figlarz
Francis Horn
Vincent Moscato
Jenner
Anne Consigny
Hélène Klein
Stéphane Metzger
Smao
Solène Biasch
Lola Vrinks, 11 years old
Aurore Auteuil
Lola Vrinks, 17 years old
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marchal based the armored truck robbery on the real 1986 heist at Crédit Lyonnais—same neighborhood, same violent MO.
This film helped launch the 'polar' revival in French cinema, proving local crime stories could out-grit American imports.
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