The incorruptible - murderous Marseille

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Movie
German title The incorruptible - murderous Marseille
Original title La French
Country of production France , Belgium
original language French
Publishing year 2014
length 135 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Cédric Jimenez
script Audrey Diwan
Cédric Jimenez
production Ilan Goldman
Geneviève Lemal
music Guillaume Roussel
camera Laurent Tangy
cut Sophie Reine
occupation

The Incorruptible - Murderous Marseille (Original title: La French ) is a French crime - drama by Cédric Jimenez from 2014 . The film is based on the real facts of the Marseille drug scene in the 1970s.

production

The production of the film cost a rumored 26 million euros. For the recordings, scenes of gang clashes in Marseille were chosen , including in the port .

action

The young committed judge Pierre Michel was transferred from Metz to Marseille in 1975 . One of his most important tasks is to put an end to the casino and drug ring around the native Neapolitan Gaëtan "Tany" Zampa, who already controls the entire city of southern France. As the head of the "French Connection", Zampa becomes one of his toughest opponents and would like to get rid of his opponent as quickly as possible.

The fearless and persistent Michel is determined to smash the cartel and even resort to means that are no longer covered by the rule of law. Supported by an elite police unit, he formally executes members of the gang during drug raids and initiates devastating arrests. In grueling surveys, he also tries to gain information from drug addicts and small dealers. He found out that a large group ("the Corsicans") within the police force were working with the drug dealers and thus thwarting any prosecution.

Due to the pressure on the drug dealers, a power struggle breaks out, in which loyal Zampas are also killed. He dives down.

The Corsicans decide to kill Michel and blame Zampa for this. When Michel stops at a red light on his motorcycle, he is shot from another motorcycle. As planned, the police arrested Zampa in his lair .

This is portrayed as a great achievement in the fight against drug trafficking. During a television appointment, two greats of the Corsican faction stand within the police right next to the French interior minister .

background

As early as 1972, William Friedkin's dark cop thriller The French Connection, starring Gene Hackman and Fernando Rey, won five Academy Awards. The German title was Brennpunkt Brooklyn . The plot of this classic was inspired by the real events surrounding the drug smuggling ring of the same name, which was responsible for the transport of most of the heroin consumed in the USA from Marseille to New York for a long time .

In 1975 John Frankenheimer shot the direct sequel French Connection II also with Gene Hackman as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle, who wants to track down the drug boss Alain Charnier, played again by Fernando Rey , in Marseille , who escaped in the first part . In contrast to the first part, the sequel is purely fictional.

The director Cédric Jimenez himself grew up in Marseille. The film sheds light on the French side of the events in Focal Point Brooklyn in 1971. In recent times, Marseille has repeatedly been the scene of brutal gang wars; In 2006, the gang boss Farid Berrhama (nickname: The Roaster ) was shot.

Reviews

Gregor Tourinus wrote on the Filmstarts portal : "'The incorruptible' is an exciting crime thriller in the tradition of European genre models from the 1970s."

The portal femundo described the film as an exciting and emotionally charged character study and praised its authentic design, which staged the “70s flair [...] of the film in a cool and authentic way”.

The film service wrote: “The film, staged based on authentic events, traces the downward spiral of the two protagonists with feverish hand-held camera images. An extraordinary thriller in brightly faded colors. "

rental

The film was released in theaters in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal and Canada. There was no distributor in Germany who wanted to include the German version in their program. The DVD edition was published by Koch Media .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate of Release for The Incorruptible - Murderous Marseille . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , August 2015 (PDF; test number: 153 723 V).
  2. ↑ Budget according to the Internet Movie Database
  3. ↑ a b Critique of the FILMSTARTS.de editorial team - Der Unbrechlichen , accessed on March 1, 2016
  4. ↑ Marseille: Gang War in the Capital of Culture , accessed on March 1, 2016
  5. ↑ femundo: The 1970s in Marseille. May 9, 2017. Retrieved September 21, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Critique of the FILMDIENST.de editorial team - Der Unbrechliche , accessed on March 18, 2018
  7. ↑ Publication according to the Internet Movie Database