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The Connection (2014) [R]

Release Date:
December 3, 2014

Original Title:
La French

Alternate Titles:
Conexión Marsella
La French
Връзката
フレンチコネクション しじょうさいきょうのまやくせんそう
フレンチ・コネクション－史上最強の麻薬戦争－

Genres:
Action | Crime | Thriller

Production Companies:
Gaumont
Légende Films
SCOPE Pictures

Production Countries:
Belgium | France

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 16  CH: 14  DE: 16  DK: 15  FR: TP|16  IE: 15  NL: 16  PL: 16  US: R 

Runtime: 135

Marseille 1975. To stop a dangerous drug lord, you need a dangerous cop.

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Newly transferred to the bustling port city of Marseille to assist with a crackdown on organized crime, energetic young magistrate Pierre Michel is given a rapid-fire tutorial on the ins and outs of an out-of-control drug trade. Pierre's wildly ambitious mission is to take on the French Connection, a highly organized operation that controls the city's underground heroin economy and is overseen by the notorious —and reputedly untouchable— Gaetan Zampa. Fearless, determined and willing to go the distance, Pierre plunges into an underworld world of insane danger and ruthless criminals.

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Art Direction:
Alexis McKenzie Main
Patrick Schmitt

Casting:
Julien Grossi
Coralie Amédéo
Etienne Beck

Co-Producer:
Geneviève Lemal

Costume Design:
Carine Sarfati

Director:
Cédric Jimenez

Director of Photography:
Laurent Tangy

Editor:
Sophie Reine

First Assistant Director:
Fabien Vergez

Makeup Designer:
Kaatje Van Damme

Music Supervisor:
Elise Luguern

Original Music Composer:
Guillaume Roussel

Producer:
Alain Goldman

Production Design:
Jean-Philippe Moreaux

Prosthetic Designer:
Saskia Verreycken

Set Decoration:
Pascalle Willame
Willy Margery
Gérard Marcireau

Sound:
Cédric Deloche

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Marc Doisne

Supervising Sound Editor:
Pascal Villard

Writer:
Cédric Jimenez
Audrey Diwan

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