- Writers
- Thomas Bidegain(screenplay)
- Jacques Audiard(screenplay)
- Abdel Raouf Dafri(original screenplay)
- Stars
- Writers
- Thomas Bidegain(screenplay)
- Jacques Audiard(screenplay)
- Abdel Raouf Dafri(original screenplay)
- Stars
- Writers
- Thomas Bidegain(screenplay)
- Jacques Audiard(screenplay)
- Abdel Raouf Dafri(original screenplay)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaTo ensure the authenticity of the prison experience, Jacques Audiard hired former convicts as advisers and extras.
- GoofsWhen Cesar is discussing how to deal with the mole in his crew with his lawyer each time the shot changes the cigarettes he's smoking changes hands.
- Quotes
Ryad: One day I saw a job ad. For security guard. I didn't have a dog, so I bought one secondhand. I didn't know, so I got a rottweiler. Know what they're like? And his name was Tyson. He came with the name Tyson. He was humongous! See this? This was the size of his poops. He took enormous dumps. Bigger than mine. So I work in a store. A big supermarket. I leave the dog to sniff around. I go outside for a cigarette. Then I try to go back in. I couldn't. He didn't always recognize me.
Malik El Djebena: Your own dog?
Ryad: But he was crazy. Tyson was a psycho. I go inside and he comes charging towards me. I panic, reach out my arm. He grabs me like this. I take out my mace, spray him. He lets go. I run out, scared shitless. What do I do? I leave him inside. Soon the employees start coming. I didn't know they used a back door to go inside. The hound had a field day. He tore every last one to pieces.
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2009 (2009)
- SoundtracksMack the Knife
Music by Kurt Weill
Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht
Performed by Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Courtesy of MCA Records
Perfect acting, scenario, directing, cinematography & sound...
This is definitely not a Hollywood production, but the best of what french cinema can be.
Audiard is a great director, having previously made "Read my lips" which i also recommend.
The main actor Tahar Rahim is a revelation, keep an eye on him in the future.
Niels Arestrup is also quite good in his role as a corsican crime boss
- manuel-neves
- Aug 30, 2009
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- 2 hours 35 minutes
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