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Your mom's favorite son sells women; you arrest him. Awkward family dinners ahead.
TMDB
58
IMDb
62
Rotten Tomatoes
69
Audience Score
43
Google
66
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Rivals (2008)

messy brother dramaFrench grittoxic loyalty

Overview

ActionCrime

The story of two rival brothers, one a pimp and the other a cop, and how the former manages to be the family favourite.

Flag of FRFRFrench
Content warning
prison
favoritism and family woundsmoral hypocrisymasculine identity crisisthe performance of respectability

Standout Aspects

Acting

Canet and Cluzet weaponize brotherly resentment in every glance.

Direction

Maillot finds poetry in grimy Lyon streets and worse family dynamics.

Best for:Solo: Brooding alone with wine, judging everyone's life choices.·Streaming: Late-night discovery when you want French crime without subtitles fatigue.
Heads up:Violence: Prison brutality and pimp-adjacent roughness; not gratuitous but unflinching.
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Director

Jacques Maillot

ReleasedFeb 6, 2008
Runtime1h 46m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Revenue$1.9M
France 3 Cinéma
LGM Productions

Top Cast

Guillaume Canet

Guillaume Canet

François

François Cluzet

François Cluzet

Gabriel

Clotilde Hesme

Clotilde Hesme

Corinne

Marie Denarnaud

Marie Denarnaud

Nathalie

Mehdi Nebbou

Mehdi Nebbou

José

Olivier Perrier

Olivier Perrier

Henri

Carole Franck

Carole Franck

Monique

Nadia Fossier

Nadia Fossier

Jacqueline

Joseph Malerba

Joseph Malerba

Braqueurs

Marc Chapiteau

Marc Chapiteau

Bouchet

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Insight

Maillot based the brothers' dynamic on classic Cain and Abel mythology filtered through French banlieue realism.

Trivia

Canet and Cluzet had previously played brothers in 2002's 'Mon Idole'; Maillot specifically reunited them for this darker exploration.

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