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The Connection
Directed by
Cédric Jimenez
R
2014
2h 15m
Action
,
Crime
,
and more
7.1
77%
71%
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A French police magistrate spends years trying to take down one of the country's most powerful drug rings.
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Cast of The Connection
Jean Dujardin
Judge Pierre Michel
Gilles Lellouche
Gaëtan 'Tany' Zampa
Céline Sallette
Jacqueline Michel
Mélanie Doutey
Christiane Zampa
Benoît Magimel
'Le Fou'
Guillaume Gouix
Inspector José Alvarez
Bruno Todeschini
'Le Banquier'
Féodor Atkine
Gaston Deferre
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
Martial Salin, 'Le gitan'
Bernard Blancan
Commissioner Lucien Aimé-Blanc
Gérard Meylan
CommissionerAngel Mariette
Éric Fraticelli
CommissionerBianchi
Dominic Gould
John Cusack
Pauline Burlet
Lily Mariani
Simon Ferrante
Santo
Rosario Amedeo
Charly
Myriem Akheddiou
Ms. Aissani
Roger Guidone
Mr. Paul
Alain Zef
Jean-Claude Minassian
Gerald Papasian
Maro Minassian
Erika Sainte
Olivia
Patrick Descamps
Attorney General of Marseille
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Lino
Catherine Demaiffe
Marie
Jean-Marc Michelangeli
Simon
Georges Fracass
Natale
Barbara Cabrita
Dora Meurisse
Christiane Conil
Lily's mother
Michel Bellier
Casino director
Marco Panzani
Repentant smuggler
Éric Godon
Gaëtan Zampa's lawyer
Philippe Petit
Prison guard
Charles Salvy
Architect of Peretti's house
Arsène Mosca
Worker of Peretti's house
Trizio Lo
Jacky, the regular
Bernard Llopis
Big guy from the bar
Olivier Cabassut
Man from Pierre Michel's evening
Coralie Amédéo
Prostitute
Michel Fragione
Patron du bar Marengo
Elisabeth Beltram
Girl at the beach
Sophie Garagnon
Girl at the beach
Louis-Emmanuel Blanc
Accused
Alexia Depicker
Emergency physician
Serge Hervens
Doctor at Timone
Bérangère Mc Neese
Nurse at Timone
Cathy Immelen
Announcer Antenne 2
Olivier Benkemoun
Journalist Antenne 2
Paco Boublard
Stéphane, cop
Séverine Mayeres
Blonde
John Flanders
Director of the DEA
Chuck Hargrove
DEA agent
Kevin van Doorslaer
DEA agent
Natasha Henry
DEA secretary
Edmonde Franchi
Boss of the Sainte-Anne bar
Jérome Care-Aulanier
Cop
Guy Hampartzoumian
Boss of the bistro Le Phocéen
Rémi Pedevilla
Head of the PJ
Pascal Farré
Policeman of the PJ
Olivier Mellet
Policeman of the PJ
Frédéric Mastro
Bouncer of Annabel's
Emmanuel Obre
Young Goudes
Eric de Montalier
Serge, cop / Jogger
Christian Philibin
Drug cop
Mourad Tahar Boussatha
Drug cop
Aran Bertetto
Lieutenant of Tany
Erico Salamone
Lieutenant of Tany
Christophe Maratier
Tany's killer
Florence Ben Sadoun
Minister's Secretary
Louise Maugenest
Béatrice at 7 years old
Lucie Fruttero
Emmanuelle at 7 years old
Jean-Luc Bosso
Guest at Krypton
Guillaume Labbé
Paul's salesman
Philippe Legros
DEA agent
Lexie Kendrick
American voices (voice)
Xavier Alcan
Policeman (uncredited)
Eric Kabongo
Jairzinho (non crédité)
Laurent Casanova
Policeman (uncredited)
Chris Tomneer
Policeman (uncredited)
Sebastien Cahn
Policeman who arrests Le Fou (uncredited)
Kriz Chris Henri Harriz
Guest at the cafe (uncredited)
Eric Marcel
Chemist's Assistant (uncredited)
Dominique Simonin
Stretcher-bearer (uncredited)
Gabriel Soler
Policeman (uncredited)
The Connection Ratings & Reviews
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
"The Connection" isn't all that different from a lot of police procedurals that have come before, but there's something about this particular gritty true-crime story that still fascinates all these years later.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Gangster movies should not be mildly interesting.
Seattle Times
Soren Andersen
It starts with gunshots - a Mercedes and its driver are riddled by motorcycle-riding assassins in broad daylight - and the pace of "The Connection" is bang-bang brisk most of the rest of the way.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
There is ample photographic evidence that the '70s were not, in fact, the best-looking, coolest decade ever. But you wouldn't know it from watching The Connection.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
It's a stylish affair, very solidly made if not exactly breaking new ground in our understanding of events or in the way the movies depict them.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
It may prove too slow for some and the meandering can be a little maddening, but overall it's worth the effort.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
There are no elaborate car chases or dizzyingly choreographed shootouts. Yet it's nonetheless a compelling portrait of two men in a specific time and place.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Riveting from its first moments, "The Connection" is fascinating in its presentation of character, as well as for its glimpse into the workings of an international drug empire and into the ways an imaginative cop found to chip at its power.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
There are many pleasures to be found in The Connection, although they are comfortable and well-worn.
Spirituality & Health
Bilge Ebiri
A more sober exploration of this world would have been more effective in making this case to the skeptics-the very people who need to be convinced if this kind of more holistic thinking is to make inroads into the public at large.
Nashville Scene
Noel Murray
The movie's strength is in its conception of Michel and Zampa, who develop a destructive rivalry, rooted in their mutual determination to prove their superiority.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
How can you dislike a film that signals a killing with "Bang Bang" and a villain with "The Snake"?
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Despite the pedestrian screenplay (by Jimenez and Audrey Diwan), Dujardin and Lellouche are magnetic performers who slip easily into their antagonistic roles.
Entertainment Weekly
Chris Nashawaty
Jimenez's sprawling cat-and-mouse thriller loses momentum and focus in the homestretch, but until then its '70s sun-and-sin-on-the-Côte d'Azur vibe is electric.
Slant Magazine
Steve Macfarlane
The film feels utterly infatuated by the cop/crook dividing line long-since drawn, if not flogged, by Michael Mann.
AV Club
Mike D'Angelo
Jimenez, making his second feature, fails to provide the regular jolts of electricity this material needs.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
The film is engaging, propulsive, cut with rare brio, chockablock with consummate tough-guy business.
The Dissolve
Scott Tobias
The Dujardin who emerges in The Connection isn't the cartoon Frenchman of popular imagination, but an earnest, driven magistrate who exerts a different kind of confidence.
RogerEbert.com
Peter Sobczynski
While the results inevitably pale in comparison to "The French Connection"-which could be said about virtually every other film currently in release-they do make for an above-average work that offers viewers a new perspective on a familiar story.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
A common problem in crime-centric movies: The bad guys are almost always more fascinating than the good guys... Dujardin's bull-necked, hard-charging performance makes Pierre a worthy adversary.
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