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The Connection

Original title: La French
  • 20142014
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  • 2h 15m
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7.1/10
11K
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The Connection (2014)
A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.
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A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
11K
YOUR RATING
    • Cédric Jimenez
    • Audrey Diwan(screenplay)
    • Cédric Jimenez(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jean Dujardin
    • Gilles Lellouche
    • Céline Sallette
    • Cédric Jimenez
    • Audrey Diwan(screenplay)
    • Cédric Jimenez(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jean Dujardin
    • Gilles Lellouche
    • Céline Sallette
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    • 31User reviews
    • 118Critic reviews
    • 67Metascore
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    Jean Dujardin
    Jean Dujardin
    • Pierre Michel
    Gilles Lellouche
    Gilles Lellouche
    • Gaëtan 'Tany' Zampa
    Céline Sallette
    Céline Sallette
    • Jacqueline Michel
    Mélanie Doutey
    Mélanie Doutey
    • Christiane Zampa
    Benoît Magimel
    Benoît Magimel
    • Le Fou
    Guillaume Gouix
    Guillaume Gouix
    • José Alvarez
    Bruno Todeschini
    Bruno Todeschini
    • Le Banquier
    Féodor Atkine
    Féodor Atkine
    • Gaston Deferre
    Moussa Maaskri
    Moussa Maaskri
    • Franky Manzoni
    Pierre Lopez
    • Jean Paci
    Eric Collado
    • Robert
    Cyril Lecomte
    • Marco Da Costa
    Jean-Pierre Sanchez
    • Fabrizio Mandonato
    Georges Neri
    • Charles Peretti
    Martial Bezot
    • Le Gitan
    Bernard Blancan
    Bernard Blancan
    • Lucien Aymé-Blanc
    Gérard Meylan
    Gérard Meylan
    • Ange Mariette
    Eric Fraticelli
    • Bianchi
      • Cédric Jimenez
      • Audrey Diwan(screenplay) (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Cédric Jimenez(screenplay) (adaptation) (dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      The Gaumont animated opening logo is the 70's one.
    • Goofs
      An early title card indicates the film taking place beginning in 1975. A shot of a truck being unloaded on a New York dock shows the World Trade Center Twin Towers under construction. The Twin Towers were opened in 1973, with construction completed prior to that.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Cowboy (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      Bang Bang
      Written by Sonny Bono (uncredited)

      Performed by Sheila

    User reviews31

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    A stylish thriller revisiting classic territory
    In the late 1960s and early 1970s drugs were flowing from Marseille to New York in a sophisticated and sustained operation. The Americans made two movies about the racket: "The French Connection" (1971) set in New York and "The French Connection II" (1975) located in Marseiiles, in both cases with Gene Hackman famously playing the police crime-buster. French cinema too has had two cracks at telling the story: first with "The Judge" (1984) and then with "The Connection" ("La French" in French) in 2014.

    In the French films, the hero is not a policeman but a magistrate, in "The Connection" played by played by Jean Dujardin, best known outside France for his performance in the silent film "The Artist". The role of the chief criminal is taken by Gilles Lelouche. There is a short scene where the two meet alone which is reminiscent of the cafe scene between Al Pacino and Robert de Niro in "Heat". "The Connection" is not one of the the classics like "The French Connection" and "Heat" but it is a stylish, if clichéd, thriller with hand-held camera-work and atmospheric soundtrack adding to the impact.
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    • rogerdarlington
    • Jun 7, 2015

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    • Release date
      • May 15, 2015 (United States)
      • France
      • Belgium
      • Gaumont (France)
      • French
      • Italian
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
    • Production companies
      • Gaumont
      • Légende Films
      • France 2 Cinéma
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    • 2 hours 15 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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