One morning, a worn-out field cop, nicknamed Ping-Pong by everyone, burns his police ID and disappears. During one night and one day, his colleagues look for him, meet him and lose him in Toulouse and its suburbs. But every hour that passes brings Ping-Pong a little bit closer to his own destiny.
Acting
Patrick d'Assumçao's quietly devastating farewell to everything.
Direction
Videau turns Toulouse into a character drowning with its hero.
Director
Frédéric Videau
Patrick d'Assumçao
Serge Laborderie, aka 'Ping-Pong'
Sofia Lesaffre
Zineb Hamza
Laetitia Casta
Delphine
Simon Abkarian
Tristan
Alban Lenoir
Drago
Émile Berling
Joël
Jean-François Stévenin
Father of Drago and Joël
Corentin Fila
Cop in love
Agathe Bonitzer
Redhead cop
Matthieu Lucci
Aggressive young cop
Idir Azougli
Fouad
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Patrick d'Assumçao spent weeks riding with real Toulouse police to develop Serge's physicality—notice how he moves like a man who's already half-ghost.
The film sparked debate in France about 'police films without heroes,' part of a wave post-2015 questioning state institutions from within. Serge's self-immolation of his badge was read by critics as a direct response to French police suicides hitting record numbers.
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