The Protocol - Every death has its price

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Movie
German title The Protocol - Every death has its price
Original title Le nouveau protocole
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 2008
length 91 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Thomas Vincent
script Eric Besnard
Thomas Vincent
production Eric Altmayer
Nicolas Altmayer
music Krishna Levy
camera Dominique Bouilleret
cut Pauline Dairou
occupation
synchronization

The Protocol is a 2008 French thriller directed by Thomas Vincent .

action

Woodworker Raoul Kraft learns at work that his 18-year-old son Franck has been killed in a car accident. He apparently came off the road on a street and fell into a ravine. Raoul lives separated from Franck's mother, who is now reproaching him for having received the car from Raoul. He, on the other hand, cannot explain why Franck, who knew the route very well, went off the road. Some time later, Franck's cell phone rings. On the phone is a woman who introduces herself to Raoul as Diane. She reveals to him that Franck was testing drugs that were not approved for the pharmaceutical industry. She assumes that the drugs made Franck unfit to drive and therefore the pharmaceutical industry is responsible for Franck's death. Raoul initially believes he is dealing with a conspiracy theorist, but becomes suspicious when he finds the apartment ransacked on his return home. Obviously the burglar was looking for the last drug Franck took. However, Raoul had taken this for himself. On the box he finds the address of the pharmaceutical company Nextys and looks for the local director Pleynel. He wants to know if the drug has any side effects, but Pleynel decides when he hears of Franck's death. However, Raoul learns that Franck was selected for the study because he has suffered from migraines since his parents divorced .

Since Diane Raoul had given her data, he visits her at a congress of the drug manufacturer Hexalor. Here he sees how she accuses the director of Hexalor, Louise Verneuil, of testing drugs on the poor in Africa and accepting the deaths of numerous children in the process. Diane is kicked out. Raoul takes them in his car and soon realizes that they are being followed. With difficulty he manages to shake off his pursuers. Shortly afterwards, Raoul finds a photo of his son as a child at Diane's - he realizes that Diane broke into his home to find the drug. Angry, he leaves, but lets her into the car when two men approach her threateningly. Diane suggests that these are people sent by the pharmaceutical industry. Raoul and Diane visit William, who used to work at Glaxo and is now taking Franck's drug to analyze. Shortly afterwards, Raoul also learns that the accident was not due to a defect in the car. He recreates the accident with his car, which does not break out sideways, but overturns. He comes to the conclusion that it cannot have been an accident.

Raoul sees Diane walking on the sidewalk when she is picked up by the two men who have been following her for a while. He drives the car towards the group and runs over one of the two men, who dies on the spot. The other draws a pistol but is beaten up by Raoul. Diane takes the gun from him and they both flee. Raoul breaks into Pleynel's office and steals Franck's file, Pleynel's diary, and his laptop. However, it does not find any usable data. With Diane he finally ambushes Pleynel and puts him in a forest. Pleynel makes it clear to Raoul that the man he knocked down was actually a cop. Diane has been monitored for several violent acts against drug companies. Raoul is distraught and angry with Diane. Shortly afterwards, he heard from William on the phone that the drug Franck was taking was a placebo . He doesn't believe it. While trying to escape from the police, Diane is shot dead. Raoul now travels to Davos , where Louise Verneuil is staying. Pleynel's company is a contractor to Verneuil's Hexalor, which Raoul now blames for Franck's death. He succeeds in disguising himself as a security guard to gain access to Louise Verneuil's hotel room. He threatens her with the gun and she tells him that Franck should never have been selected for the study because he was depressed. Although he actually only received a placebo preparation, she stopped working with Pleynels Nextys due to the misconduct. She makes it clear to Raoul that the only explanation for Franck's death is suicide and that he already knows this solution but does not want to accept it. She leaves and Raoul sees her shortly afterwards on the live television broadcast in a seemingly friendly conversation with Pleynel. He goes into the room where she is giving her lecture and shoots her. He then turns to face the audience with outstretched arms before being overwhelmed by security guards. Raoul is put on trial. The press reports that the pharmaceutical industry has withdrawn from Africa with its experiments. Pictures now show how pharmaceutical tests are carried out in Asia.

production

The film was shot in Paris , Bois-Colombes and the Vosges department, as well as in Burkina Faso and the Philippines . The scenes of Franck's funeral were created in the crématorium of Sainte-Marguerite . The costumes were created by Celine Guignard , the film structures are by Pierre Queffelean .

The Protocol - Every Death Has Its Prize opened in French cinemas on March 19, 2008, where it was seen by around 214,000 visitors. In Germany the film was released directly on DVD on May 7, 2010.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Raoul Kraft Clovis Cornillac Olaf Reichmann
Diane Marie-Josée Croze Anna Carlsson
Louise Verneuil Dominique Reymond Helga Sasse

criticism

Cinema called The Protocol - every death has its price “atmospheric and really exciting” and summed up that the film is a “captivating, provocative pharmaceutical riot”. "Conspiracy-rich pharmaceutical thriller between chamber play and action cracker", said Der Spiegel and stated that "Clovis Cornillac convinces in an unusually serious presentation."

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See allocine.fr
  2. ↑ The Protocol - Every death has its price. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  3. ↑ See cinema.de
  4. ^ Johannes Sträter: DVDs in Magazines: These are the best free film supplements in May - The Protocol . spiegel.de, May 15, 2013.