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Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary)

Original title: Ni pour, ni contre (bien au contraire)
  • 2003
  • 1h 51m
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
2K
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Not for, or Against (Quite the Contrary) (2003)
CrimeDrama

"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand to mout... Read all"Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand to mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank for robbery."Ni Pour, Ni Contre" tracks the fall of a young TV camerawoman, Caty, after she becomes involved with a group of petty criminals and their enigmatic leader, Jean. The gang lives hand to mouth until the day Jean plans a daring bank for robbery.

  • Director
    • Cédric Klapisch
  • Writers
    • Santiago Amigorena
    • Cédric Klapisch
    • Alexis Galmot
  • Stars
    • Marie Gillain
    • Vincent Elbaz
    • Simon Abkarian
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.4/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Cédric Klapisch
    • Writers
      • Santiago Amigorena
      • Cédric Klapisch
      • Alexis Galmot
    • Stars
      • Marie Gillain
      • Vincent Elbaz
      • Simon Abkarian
    • 9User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Marie Gillain
    Marie Gillain
    • Caty
    Vincent Elbaz
    Vincent Elbaz
    • Jean
    Simon Abkarian
    Simon Abkarian
    • Freddy Karparian dit Lecarpe
    Dimitri Storoge
    • Loulou
    Zinedine Soualem
    Zinedine Soualem
    • Mouss
    Natacha Lindinger
    Natacha Lindinger
    • Caprice
    Jocelyn Lagarrigue
    • Gilles - télesurveillance
    Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
    • Le Directeur du Dépôt
    Diane Kruger
    Diane Kruger
    • La call-girl du Directeur
    Thierry Levaret
    • Le Vigile
    Michaël Abiteboul
    Michaël Abiteboul
    • Bernard - Le King
    Robert Plagnol
    • Le Journaliste Caprice
    Michaël Tissier
    • Anthony Karparian, le fils de Freddy
    • (as Mickaël Tissier)
    Didier Menin
    • Concierge Marriott
    Thierry Flamand
    • Le Journaliste
    Cédric Klapisch
    Cédric Klapisch
    • Le Journaliste
    Marie Chevalier
    • Entraîneuse du Doge
    Tiffany Breuvart
    • Entraîneuse du Doge
    • Director
      • Cédric Klapisch
    • Writers
      • Santiago Amigorena
      • Cédric Klapisch
      • Alexis Galmot
    • All cast & crew
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    • Connections
      Features Les shadoks (1968)
    • Soundtracks
      You & the Night & the Music
      Written by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz

      Performed by Chet Baker

      © Harms Inc avec l'autorisation de Warner Chappell Music France

      (p) Fantasy Inc un exclusive licence with Warner Music Franc an AOL Time Warner Company

    User reviews9

    Featured review
    9/10

    The Klapisch Touch !

    Ni Pour, Ni Contre is a very good film noir, witch combines agreeably well, humour, suspense and drama. The Klapisch Touch is there, but it's also in a kind completely different for what we knew him before, like Chacun Cherche son Chat, or L'Auberge Espagnole. For example, the last scene of break-in is so intense, that I was really afraid for the characters. Some movies do not leave you any impressions, but with Klapisch, the emotions and the feelings seizes the spectator.

    Side of the distribution, the actors are great, especially Vincent Elbaz, who is great and credible, Zinedine Soualem, who try to stay in the right side, and Marie Gillain at the same time strong and fragile who can be seen in a quasi similar role in L'Appat directed by Bertrand Tavernier.

    A really good Polar, a must see movie...
    • Slash67
    • Mar 4, 2003
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    • Release date
      • March 5, 2003 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Bac Films (France)
      • Cinema Without Frontiers (Russia)
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Not for or Against...
    • Filming locations
      • Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Vertigo
      • M6 Films
      • Ce Qui Me Meut Motion Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,164,209
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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