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The Connection
Directed by
Cédric Jimenez
2014
2h 15m
R
Action
,
Crime
,
Thriller
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
Juge Pierre Michel
Gilles Lellouche
Gaëtan 'Tany' Zampa
Céline Sallette
Jacqueline Michel
Mélanie Doutey
Christiane Zampa
Benoît Magimel
'Le Fou'
Guillaume Gouix
Inspecteur 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
Commissaire Lucien Aimé-Blanc
Gérard Meylan
Commissaire Angel Mariette
Éric Fraticelli
Commissaire Bianchi
Dominic Gould
John Cusack
Pauline Burlet
Lily Mariani
Simon Ferrante
Santo
Rosario Amedeo
Charly
Myriem Akheddiou
Ms. Aissani
Roger Guidone
M. Paul
Alain Zef
Jean-Claude Minassian
Gerald Papasian
Maro Minassian
Erika Sainte
Olivia
Patrick Descamps
Le procureur général de Marseille
Jean-Jérôme Esposito
Lino
Catherine Demaiffe
Marie
Jean-Marc Michelangeli
Simon
Georges Fracass
Natale
Barbara Cabrita
Dora Meurisse
Christiane Conil
La mère de Lily
Michel Bellier
Le directeur du casino
Marco Panzani
Le passeur repenti
Eric Godon
L'avocat de Gaëtan Zampa
Philippe Petit
Gardien de prison
Charles Salvy
L'architecte de la maison de Peretti
Arsène Mosca
Ouvrier de la maison de Peretti
Trizio Lo
Jacky, l'habitué
Bernard Llopis
Le gros dur du bar
Olivier Cabassut
Un homme de la soirée de Pierre Miche
Coralie Amédéo
Une prostituée
Michel Fragione
Patron du bar Marengo
Elisabeth Beltram
Une fille à la plage
Sophie Garagnon
Une fille à la plage
Louis-Emmanuel Blanc
Accusé
Alexia Depicker
Emergency physician
Serge Hervens
Médecin à la Timone
Bérangère Mc Neese
Infirmière à la Timone
Cathy Immelen
Speaker Antenne 2
Olivier Benkemoun
Journalist Antenne 2
Paco Boublard
Stéphane, flic
Séverine Mayeres
Blonde
John Flanders
Le directeur de la DEA
Chuck Hargrove
Un agent de la DEA
Kevin van Doorslaer
Un agent de la DEA
Natasha Henry
Une secrétaire de la DEA
Edmonde Franchi
Patronne du bar Sainte-Anne
Jérome Care-Aulanier
Un flic
Guy Hampartzoumian
Patron du bistro Le Phocéen
Rémi Pedevilla
Le chef de la PJ
Pascal Farré
Un policier de la PJ
Olivier Mellet
Un policier de la PJ
Frédéric Mastro
Videur Annabel
Emmanuel Obre
Jeune Goudes
Eric de Montalier
Serge, Flic / Jogger
Christian Philibin
Flic des stups
Mourad Tahar Boussatha
Flic des stups
Aran Bertetto
Lieutenant de Tany
Erico Salamone
Lieutenant de Tany
Christophe Maratier
Le tueur de Tany
Florence Ben Sadoun
Secrétaire du Ministre
Louise Maugenest
Béatrice à 7 ans
Lucie Fruttero
Emmanuelle à 7 ans
Jean-Luc Bosso
Invité au Krypton
Guillaume Labbé
Le vendeur de Paul
Philippe Legros
Un agent de la DEA
Lexie Kendrick
American voices (voice)
Xavier Alcan
Policier (non crédité)
Eric Kabongo
Jairzinho (non crédité)
Laurent Casanova
Policier (non crédité)
Chris Tomneer
Policier (non crédité)
Sebastien Cahn
Policier qui arrête Le Fou (non crédité)
Kriz Chris Henri Harriz
Invité au café (non crédité)
Eric Marcel
Assistant du chimiste (non crédité)
Dominique Simonin
Brancardier (non crédité)
Gabriel Soler
Policier (non crédité)
The Connection 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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