Top Floor Left Wing (2010)
"Dernier étage gauche gauche" (original title)

This is not the way it was supposed to happen. Like every other morning, Christian Echeveria, huissier, should have been able to levy his daily distress in this Parisian suburb, before ... See full summary »

Director:

Angelo Cianci

Writer:

Angelo Cianci (scenario)

Stars:

Hippolyte Girardot, Mohamed Fellag, Aymen Saïdi

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hippolyte Girardot	...	François Etcheveria
Mohamed Fellag	...	Mohand
Aymen Saïdi	...	Salem
Judith Henry	...	Anna
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Baldini (as Michel Vuillermoz de la Comédie Française)
Julie-Anne Roth	...	Lieutenant Saroyan
Georges Siatidis	...	Commandant Verdier
Thierry Godard	...	Villard
Lyès Salem	...	Hamza Barriba
Tassadit Mandi	...	Aïcha
Aïssa Bussetta	...	JF (as Fabien-Aïssa Bussetta)
Bruno Henry	...	Turenne
Cédric Weber	...	Grandpierre
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bachir Abdellnebi
Mohamed Baatchia

Storyline

This is not the way it was supposed to happen. Like every other morning, Christian Echeveria, huissier, should have been able to levy his daily distress in this Parisian suburb, before going back to his comfortable home. But that's not what destiny had planned for him, as he'll get to understand it when Salem Atelhadj, 17, takes him a hostage, under his father's desperate eyes, in the tower's twelfth floor which will soon be surrounded by policemen and anti-terrorists squads.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

France Luxembourg

Language:

French Arabic

Release Date:

17 November 2010 (France)

Also Known As:

ICI

Filming Locations:

France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tu Vas Voir Productions, Iris Productions, Kasso Inc. Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Nice French cop comedy.

OK companion piece to the also appealing SKIRT DAY, with Roth's Gendarmes busting the run down public housing flat, where bailiff Giradot is conducting an eviction.

When the confusion settles, Girardot has been taken hostage by teenage dope peddler Saïdi, over the objections of his dad Fellag, and the SWAT team is on the way, over the objections of the police commander who had 1400 cars burned the last time.

Farcical complications and suspense take the piece in unexpected directions.

Subdued colour and convincing location work.